What was the first painting to break the fourth wall?
Jan van Eyck's small oil panel includes a fascinating but creepy detail that draws us in and breaks the infamous "fourth wall ...
El País in English1d
For the first time, Prado Museum brings together eight works by El Greco from around the world
The Assumption of the Virgin’ – which belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago – was last displayed in the Madrid art gallery ...
Artnet3d
Rare Renaissance Portrait—Once Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci—Sets $3.1 Million Record
A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.
Beneath A Picasso Painting, A Mysterious Hidden Portrait Emerges
Nearly 125 years after Pablo Picasso painted one portrait, high-tech imaging tools have revealed a secret — another, earlier ...
Renaissance Master’s Jesus Painting Reveals Long-Buried Secret
Advanced digital imaging reveals a portrait of an unknown man beneath "Ecce Homo," an oil painting by renowned Renaissance ...
Quad-City Times5d
Rockridge wrestling standout Jude Finch is a renaissance man
State champion wrestler. 130-pound all-state lineman in football. And painter. That is Rockridge standout Jude Finch.
Artnet6d
Museum Scoops Three Masterpieces by Overlooked 18th Century Portrait Painter
A Luxembourg museum has scooped three portraits by 18th century painter Monique Daniche, featuring the elite of Strasbourg ...
This Renaissance masterpiece had been hidden for centuries—until now
Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...
Prairie Public Radio6d
A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology
Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a ...
Portrait of mystery woman found hidden beneath century-old Picasso
Under the painting of a Spanish sculptor is the outline of a woman, according to new infrared images. The artwork will be ...
Smithsonian Magazine7d
Experts Say They’ve Found a Portrait of a Mysterious Businessman Hidden Beneath a Titian Masterpiece
When the Renaissance artist painted his famous "Ecce Homo" around 1570, he covered up a portrait of an "an unknown ...
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, whose art centered Native life, dies at 85
Ms. Smith was among the country’s most renowned Native artists, crafting pieces that incorporated Indigenous images and ...