Art Feature Articles

The British artist behind Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s magical contraptions is back in the spotlight after one of his kinetic sculptures was sold in London,

Andrea del Verrocchio pushed his students and painting as a whole to new heights. Why was his legacy neglected for centuries?

A grandson’s quest to preserve his grandmother’s artistic legacy offers an insightful and instructive look at how to manage the estate of an artist.

The ground-breaking exhibition not only expands art history, drawing attention to the engagement of black models in modernism, it also questions the role of museums and asks how these spaces can be…

Between 1922 and 1943, Italy was ruled by the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. Central to the regime’s ideology and imagery was the ancient Roman Empire, to which it looked for inspiration and…

Finding new meanings in the Hortus Conclusus

Bill Cunningham’s posthumously published memoir, "Fashion Climbing," reveals a life inspired by beauty and originality.

A celebrated painter in her own time, Thérèse Schwartze later fell into obscurity. Now she is being rediscovered.

Underneath the veneer of classical beauty and harmony, Antonio Canova was a great innovator who modernized sculpture.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was the greatest printmaker of the 18th century. Although he consistently signed his work ‘architetto,’ he is famous for his engravings of the monuments of ancient Rome,…