The celebrated documentarian co-directs this two-night extravaganza on PBS about the towering genius of the Renaissance.

Witkacy decided to give up ‘pure’ or entirely artistic painting for what he considered ‘applied’ art – creating portraits on commission. In order to become a successful portraitist, he founded the S.I ...

Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland has reached a “just and fair” deal with the heirs of a Jewish collector over a Camille ...

The robot was inspired by Alan Turing and his worries about the role of AI in the society of the future. Ironically.

Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938, Oil on masonite, 16" x 12", Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York In October 1938, Frida staged her first one-woman exhibition at the Levy Gallery ...

According to legend, Mi Novia depicts Paz Pardo de Tavera, the wife Juan Luna murdered and whose spirit now possesses the portrait. Other sources say the woman in the painting is model Angela ...

During his visit to Gettysburg to paint the portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, renowned Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth also ...

The BBC asked members of the public what they thought of the newly unveiled official portrait. Queen Camilla is said to have looked at the painting and told the artist: "Yes, you've got him." ...

British artist Jonathan Yeo, the man behind the portrait, spent three years painting the piece and has since received both praise and criticism. While some have called it mysterious and powerful ...

The painting, Portrait of a Lady, was taken from a gallery in the northern city of Piacenza in 1997. It was thought to have disappeared for good until gardeners clearing away ivy found it ...

An AI robot’s painting of British computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1.08 million, becoming the most valuable artwork by a humanoid robot ever to change hands at auction and ...