Painting
Pokémon Takes Over the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
The franchise and the 19th-century Dutch master both took inspiration from Japanese art
With Renovated Galleries, the Smithsonian Expands Its Approach to Contemporary American Art
The historic hall in the American Art Museum where President Abraham Lincoln held his second inaugural ball welcomes more diverse voices and visions
Alma Thomas' Signature Style Is Full of Color and Tiled Brushstrokes
After a career as a schoolteacher, the Washington, D.C.-based painter flourished, creating vibrant patterns inspired by nature, the cosmos and music
Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Discovered in English Palace's Storeroom
"Susanna and the Elders" was misattributed for some 200 years, first to a male artist and then to the "French School"
Bob Ross' Very First On-Air Painting Is for Sale
Priced at nearly $10 million, "A Walk in the Woods" was the subject of the artist's 1983 television premiere
Manet's 'Olympia' Comes to America for the Very First Time
The painting scandalized 19th-century viewers and heralded the dawn of modern art
Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Ancient Drawings in a Spanish Cave
Many of the works, estimated to be at least 24,000 years old, employ a rare clay painting technique
Stolen van Gogh Painting Worth Millions Returned in an Ikea Bag
Arthur Brand, the "Indiana Jones of the art world," negotiated the recovery of an 1884 canvas taken from a Dutch museum in March 2020
Museum Drops Ban on Photographing Picasso's 'Guernica'
After enforcing the rule for three decades, officials say that lifting it will prevent overcrowding and attract younger audiences
The Painted Poetry of Jessica Diamond
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum hosts the artist’s largest installation yet
How the 'Wild Beasts' of Fauvism Took the Art World by Storm
A new exhibition examines the short-lived movement—and sheds new light on its women members
Celebrating a Hidden Artistic Visionary of the American West
Charlotte Butler Skinner spent decades chronicling glorious mountains and deserts, in the company of Dorothea Lange and other influential friends
A Lost N.C. Wyeth, Bought for $4, Could Sell for $250,000
The owner had no idea the painting was an original when she found it in a New Hampshire thrift store
The Harlem Renaissance Is Coming to the Met
A new exhibition will be the first survey of the cultural movement in New York City since 1987
See How Photographers Reimagine Old Master Paintings
"Art About Art" bills itself as a thoughtful, whimsical exploration of the connections between past and present
Who Was the Enslaved Child Painted Out of This 1837 Portrait?
The painting of Bélizaire, 15, shown behind the children of his enslavers, has been acquired by the Met
How Remedios Varo Became One of the 'Witches' of Surrealism
In Mexico City, the Spanish-born artist created dreamlike works that drew on magic, mysticism and more
See Seven Stunning Gold Paintings Inspired by the Brain
Artist Greg Dunn creates breathtaking renderings of neurons and their surrounding anatomy
These Artists Are Redefining the American West
A new Smithsonian American Art Museum show surveys the work of Black, Asian American, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ and Latinx artists who have lived in the region
How the War of 1898 Changed History Forever—in the United States and Beyond
When the nascent naval power invaded Puerto Rico, three artists captured the moment, each explaining its significance in their own way
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