Painters
One Hundred Years Later, the Tense Realism of Edgar Degas Still Captivates
For this groundbreaking artist, greatness was always one more horizon away
Watch This AI Turn Sketches into Masterpieces
Trained on the 'history of human art,' this system can transform your scribbles
The Art Monet Owned
A new exhibit looks inside the mind of this influential Impressionist through the lens of the works he collected
The Mysterious Motives Behind the Theft of ‘The Scream’
Two versions of ‘The Scream’ have been stolen and recovered in Norway
Artists Can Now Buy One of the World’s Blackest Blacks
Singularity Black is not the blackest hue out there, but it is the darkest color currently available to the general public
Unknown Raphael Paintings Discovered in the Vatican
Restoration work in the Hall of Constantine uncovered two allegorical figures that Raphael appears to have painted before his untimely death in 1520
Early Sketches From Famed English Painter Found Hidden in Royal Library
Discovered mislabeled in a Windsor Castle book, the drawings are the work of a young Thomas Gainsborough
New Website Tracks Paintings Provenance from Brush to Gallery Wall
<i>Mapping Paintings</i> makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership
The Whimsical, Chameleon-Like Figure Behind the Myth of Sylvia Plath
Today, visions of a life marked by mental illness endure, but the author had a light side—and a knack for savvy image control
Creating a Full Palette of Blues
How the discovery of a new metal helped to change painting forever
The Story Behind the World’s Largest Watercolor Painting
The massive artwork marks the opening of the MASS MoCA's new 130,000-square-foot wing, which makes it the largest contemporary art museum in the U.S.
This Artist's Worldview Drips With Unending Pessimism
"Man is inherently self-destructive, and whatever is built will be destroyed," says painter Donald Sultan of his "Disaster Paintings"
Distraction May Make Us Less Able to Appreciate Beauty
Truly experiencing the beauty of an object could require conscious thought, vindicating the ideas of Immanuel Kant
Check Out This Year's Entries to the RobotArt Competition
Thirty-eight teams have submitted almost 200 artworks painted by robots, many guided by artsy artificial intelligence
Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly
Victorians were obsessed with vividly-colored wallpaper, which is on-trend for this year–though arsenic poisoning is never in style
So Is 'Mona Lisa' Smiling? A New Study Says Yes
Compared to other similar images, the masterpiece's mouth registered as happy to almost 100 percent of the participants
The Lasting Influence Matisse Had on Richard Diebenkorn's Artwork
The great American painter owed a luminous debt to the French Modernist
A Brief History of Food as Art
From subject to statement, food has played a role in art for millennia
In This New Portrait, George Washington Trades His Curls for a Man Bun
The first president turns hipster at a new D.C. restaurant
A Portrait of Obama in the Final Days of His Presidency
Commissioned for <em>Smithsonian</em> magazine, this painting shows a leader at a crossroads
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