“The best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic.” Stephen Fry If you (like most viewers) of Jan van Eyck’s “Arnolfini Portrait” ...

The intersection of visual art and literature provides fertile ground for creativity to flourish. One of the great treasures of Western civilization is the ongoing “conversation” that occurs through ...

Patrons and art lovers have been collecting the works of famous masters for centuries. Perhaps the ultimate irony of this is that although many of history’s most famous painters died in near abject ...

Art dealer Bernard Jacobson has been working at the center of the art world for more than 50 years and, over those decades, has developed strong opinions about what it takes to be a great artist.

Jenny Saville’s mid-career retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth features one banger of a painting after another. All hits. “Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting” because Saville (b.

Andrew begins by telling the story behind the portrait that attracts eight million onlookers every year, Da Vinci's the Mona Lisa. Andrew tells the story behind the National Gallery's treasured ...