An oil painter also needs to be good at blending, giving texture, and should be extremely patient, as oil paints dry slowly. Here are 6 most famous oil paintings ever created.

A visitor has damaged a 17th-century painting at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after stumbling back into it while posing for a photo, the museum told CNN in a statement.

An antique collector made a huge profit after buying an oil painting for £400 and selling it for £1.9 million. He later ...

The 15th century represents an important transition in art history, as oil paints gradually replaced egg-based tempera paints as the painting medium of choice. During the transition period, artists ...

Who could resist having an oil-painted portrait of a human-fly hybrid monstrosity for their dining room? That's the question art collectors will face when Ken Kelly's original 1974 cover art for ...

The "JUST STOP OIL" protesters represent an outdated model for the climate movement that does little to build public support.

Just Stop Oil, the British climate group that has staged protests defacing famous paintings and blocking busy city streets, said it was considering taking more extreme measures to protest new ...

Two Just Stop Oil protestors took hammers to the glass covering Velázquez’s “Rokeby Venus” at the National Gallery in London.

For Colorado artist David Harms, being a part of this year’s Oil Painters of America’s national exhibition — one of the most distinguished art exhibitions in the country — goes beyond ...

Famous Black artists have changed the landscape of modern and classic art, leaving their indelible mark on history. It is […] ...

Climate activists once again targeted a classic painting in a museum, this time on a day when an oil company was paying for free admission.