Museum Restores North America’s Longest Painting
Completed in 1848, the quarter-mile-long panorama deteriorated after it toured the country on wagons and trains
“Lost” 17th-Century Portrait by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Found in a Welsh Castle
The portrait, which depicts a Spanish writer and historian, has now been added to a Murillo exhibition in New York
Check Out These Thought-Provoking Additions to the National Portrait Gallery
The museum is showcasing 25 new artworks through next autumn
Final Piece of Hidden Magritte Masterpiece Found
X-rays have revealed the last bit of “La Pose Enchantee,” which the artist cut up and reused in the early 1930s
In Defense of Keeping the Indiana University Mural That Depicts (But Doesn’t Glorify) the KKK
American artist Thomas Hart Benton thought it crucial to highlight the dark spots in the state’s history
Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots Found Hidden Beneath Another Painting
The politically dangerous work was painted over by Adrian Vanson two year after the queen’s execution
Restoration Uncovers Four Figures Hidden in 17th-Century Painting
The discovery sheds new light on the painting’s anti-Catholic message
Exhibit Sheds New Light on Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”
More than 130 years after it was completed, “Renoir and Friends” returns to the famed painting
Da Vinci Had a Hand in the “Naked Mona Lisa”
A preliminary study suggests the master painter worked on the drawing called the “Mona Vanna”
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
Why the Works of Visionary Artist Jacob Lawrence Still Resonate a Century After His Birth
His vibrant and bold paintings tell stories of liberation, resistance and resilience
X-Rays Reveal Details of Portrait Once Hidden Under Vesuvius’ Ash
Using X-ray fluorescence, researchers have mapped the pigments used on a crumbling painting in Herculaneum
The Mysterious Motives Behind the Theft of ‘The Scream’
Two versions of ‘The Scream’ have been stolen and recovered in Norway
New Video Game Parodies What it Means to Be an Art World Star
On Passpartout: The Starving Artist, you do everything from virtually impress collectors to dine on wine and baguettes
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
Mapping Paintings makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership
Creating a Full Palette of Blues
How the discovery of a new metal helped to change painting forever
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