Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux (detail), 1739–41, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Pastel and gouache on paper...
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Self-Portrait, about 1730, Edme Bouchardon (French, 1698–1762). Red chalk, 19.8 x 13.5 cm. The Morgan Library &...
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Reclining Nude in Front of Mirror, 1909-1910, oil on canvas, 83.3 x 95.5 cm (Brücke-Museum,...
By Carole Raddato / 03.13.2016 Historian On a recent trip to Southern Spain, I travelled along the...
How could this unusual object be a table? By Tristan Bravinder / 08.29.2016 Social Media Producer Getty...
By Isabella Zuralski / 12.02.2014 Senior Special Collections Cataloguer Getty Research Institute The difference between “German drawings”...
Page from the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, 1200–1521 A.D., Mixtec. Painted deer skin, 19 x 23.5 cm. / The...
Prambanan temple ruins, built c.mid-9th century CE / Wikimedia Commons By Mark Cartwright / 12.19.2016 Historian Adisthana –...
Image from Art Institute of Chicago Museum What is Art? Overview Art is a highly diverse range...
By Joey Lee and KangJing / 04.22.2016 Minasan Kon’nichiwa! Many of us would know that Japan is...
Detail, Man’s Prestige Cloth, early 20th century, Akan peoples, Asante group, silk and cotton, 289.6 x 172.7...
By Anna O’Faolan / 12.14.2016 Exploring the Nature of Creativity Does an optimistic mood bring greater creative...
Two Female Figures in Half-length and a Study of a Hand, 1861, Friedrich Preller. The J. Paul...
Paintings conservator Devi Ormond cleans Guercino’s Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, c. 1620, Guercino. On loan...
Unprocessed bankers boxes from Knoedler Archive A glimpse into three years and a half of teamwork organizing,...
Ocean Park #79, 1975, Richard Diebenkorn. Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with a grant from the National...
12.01.2016 All photos by the artist, Julia Koceva 23-year-old Julia Koceva has taken the internet by storm with...
Anita Francis, ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare,’ book sculpture, 2014. By permission of the artist. Anita Francis,...
11.15.2016 Chinsekikan, or The Hall of Curious Rocks is a unique museum in the Japanese town Saitama,...
About one in four people regrets having tattoos. / Shutterstock By Dr. Greg Hall / 11.14.2016 Assistant...
Conservators position a panel of Vasari’s The Last Supper vertically to align the edges of the joint....
Chamber in Cappuccini Catacombs with Earth from Palestine, Rome, ca. 1900, Underwood and Underwood, Bert Underwood. Gelatin...
Still from Derek Jarman’s Blue. Photo: Liam Daniel © 1993 Basilisk Communications Ltd. By Jennelyn Tumalad /...
Jan Steen, Self Portrait, 3rd quarter of 17th century / Wikimedia Commons Why do we so seldom...
Polynesia Hiapo (tapa) By Dr. Caroline Klarr Polynesian Art Historian Polynesian history and culture Polynesia is one...
Beautifully preserved life-size painted limestone funerary sculptures of Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret. Note the lifelike...
The iconic central plaza at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Photo © Salk Institute for Biological...
Figure Studies, 1553–56, Taddeo Zuccaro. Red and black chalk, 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. The J....
By David Pescovitz / 10.26.2016 Shinri Tezuka, 27, sculpts candy into beautiful, creepy, and very sweet creatures...
An artist at the Dunhuang Academy carefully adds color to a replica wall painting. Image courtesy of...