Art Feature Articles

Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.

While the word “muse” is often used to describe an inspiration or influence behind an artwork, it usually means we are either idealizing a woman or ignoring a female artist’s accomplishments.

Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights.

Though artists on the cutting edge claimed to revile it, academic art was pivotal in the development of modernism.

Ask the curator, not the concierge in these nine hotels with stellar art collections.

More than just plans for grander works, drawings offer a special view into the artist’s world, and a unique collecting opportunity.

An art form all its own, Japanese tattoos have both been influenced by the history of art, and shaped it.

“I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.” Frida Kahlo

How the popular sport serves as a potent metaphor for social concerns

Lotte Laserstein’s career flourished in the Weimar Republic. But she fled the Nazis and sank into obscurity. Now she has been rediscovered.