Those paintings, like Cole’s “View in the White Mountains,” christened him as the father of the Hudson River School, the first language of American art for a country then searching for its identity.

The Houston painter and sculptor’s distinctive works include a 67-foot-high statue of Sam Houston and a collection of ...

OAKLAND — The man known as Pengweather on Reddit, famous for cleaning illegal dumping sites in the Bay Area, is pausing his cleaning efforts in Oakland. Andy Wang was inspired to clean up litter ...

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a special number connecting the iconic artwork to the human body and nature.

At age 78, the patriarch of the famous dynasty of dealers still has a remarkable memory for numbers. He looks back at the early beginnings of his modern art collection, now considered one of the most ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has two works on display by one of the world's great landscape painters, J.M.W. Turner, born 250 years ago.

In this episode, we investigate the life and myth of the Middle Ages’ most famous man. Using historical records, literary sources, and scholarly debate, we separate fact from fiction to uncover ...

Landscape painting is a gem of cultural and artistic heritage that showcases the splendor of nature through the deep observations and imaginations of its painters. Limited by traditional techniques, ...

Visitor Tears Hole in 17th-Century Painting at Uffizi Galleries A man damaged the portrait of Fernando de’ Medici while posing for a picture in the latest instance of a museum selfie gone wrong.