Art History
Officials Seize 782 Ancient Artifacts Acquired Illicitly by Single Belgian Collector
The trove of treasures, including a funerary slab, amphorae and pottery dated to pre-Roman times, is worth an estimated $13 million
Florence's Medici Family Used Portraits as Propaganda
A new exhibition at the Met reveals how the Italian banking dynasty drew on art to cement its power and legacy
Rediscovered After 70 Years, Kandinsky Watercolor Sells for $1.3 Million
The modern art pioneer painted the work, which resurfaced in a private collection last month, in 1927
Immersive Experience Brings Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Frescoes to the U.S.
A touring exhibition now on view in San Antonio, Chicago and Charlotte immerses visitors in 34 of the artist's famed paintings
A Simple Cotton Sack Tells an Intergenerational Story of Separation Under Slavery
Historian Tiya Miles' new book traces the lives of three Black women through an embroidered family heirloom known as "Ashley's sack"
Long-Lost Fragment of First Rainbow Pride Flag Resurfaces After Four Decades
The brilliantly colored banner—now on view in San Francisco—flew on "Gay Freedom Day" in 1978
This Fancy Footwear Craze Created a 'Plague of Bunions' in Medieval England
Elite Europeans who wore pointed shoes toed the line between fashion and fall risk, a new study suggests
The U.S. Government's Failed Attempt to Forge Unity Through Currency
In the late 1890s, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving tried to bridge the divide between silver and gold with a series of educational paper certificates
Did Modernist Master Modigliani Paint a New Portrait Over a Likeness of His Ex?
A.I. reconstruction reveals hidden image that may depict the Italian artist's former girlfriend, Beatrice Hastings
'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Frida Kahlo Retrospective Debuts in Chicago Suburbs
The monumental exhibition features 26 of the Mexican painter’s works—a staggering 10 percent of her oeuvre
Documenting the Turning Point in the Fascinating Career of Sculptor Ruth Asawa
Smithsonian's Liza Kirwin explores an early and important exhibition held at LA's Ankrum Gallery in 1962
Italian Art Restorers Used Bacteria to Clean Michelangelo Masterpieces
Researchers deployed microbes to remove stains and grime from the marble sculptures in Florence's Medici Chapels
Confronting the Netherlands' Role in the Brutal History of Slavery
A Rijksmuseum exhibition explores the legacy of colonialism and misleading nature of the term "Dutch Golden Age"
'Lost' Marble Skull Sculpted by Baroque Artist Bernini Found Hidden in Plain Sight
Pope Alexander VII commissioned the work, which sat unidentified in Dresden for decades, as a reminder of mortality
Stunning Tiffany Stained Glass Debuts After 100 Years of Obscurity
The enormous, luminescent landscape spent nearly a century in Providence before its 2018 acquisition by the Art Institute of Chicago
Eric Carle, Author and Illustrator of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Dies at 91
The beloved story of a ravenous insect has sold 40 million copies and been translated into 60 languages
Is This Landscape a Long-Lost Vincent van Gogh Painting?
A controversial art collector claims that a depiction of wheat fields in Auvers is the work of the famed Impressionist
Researchers Discover Hidden Portrait in 15th-Century Duchess' Prayer Book
The duke of Brittany had his second spouse's likeness painted over an image of his late first wife
Six Stolen Frescoes Returned to Pompeii
Between the 1970s and 2012, looters stole elegant artworks from two villas neighboring the famed ancient settlement
Keith Haring's Famous Friends, From Madonna to Andy Warhol, Left Their Mark on His Fridge Door
The contemporary artist's graffiti-covered refrigerator panel recently sold at auction for $25,000
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