Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...

From medieval psalters to the oils of Gustave Courbet, the Louvre has organized one of the most comprehensive surveys of a ...

When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion.

After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...

The newly uncovered painting depicts a motif that was popular in the late Middle Ages. In the artwork, the Archangel Gabriel ...

The Baltimore Museum of Art are due to open their latest exhibition next month entitled Watershed: Transforming the Landscape ...

Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in ...

Detail from Rembrandt van Rijns painting Two African Men. Sailko/The Mauritshuis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The so-called ...

A man in Oregon says his running gags bring joy to a chaotic world. But local authorities say defacing art incurs cleanup ...