The world of opera was shaken on the morning of November 29, 1924. Giacomo Puccini, the most famous composer of his time, had died in Brussels as a result of surgery for throat cancer. Or rather, as a ...

Located at MoMA, ‘Girl Before a Mirror’ is a vibrant exploration of self-reflection and identity, using a colorful cubist style that captivates ... making it one of the most famous paintings in ...

A major retrospective of the career of Art Deco darling Tamara de Lempicka has opened at the De Young Museum in San Francisco ...

As this year’s centennial celebrations of Surrealism come to a close, Belgian painter René Magritte’s “L’empire des lumières” (1954) sold for a whopping $121.16 million at Christie’s on Tuesday, ...

While the most expensive paintings ever sold tend to be famous pieces everyone ... Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') is an iconic image in the artist's famous cubist style. It was inspired by an ...

Should art museums be showing art history? Or cultural history, which isn't the same thing? Getty and LACMA exhibitions give ...

Despite some concerns of a flagging market, November’s art week had a relatively strong start – with several marquee pieces selling for above their estimated values.

When artist Anne Dangar died 70 years ago, villagers followed her horse-drawn hearse to the local cemetery that overlooked ...

For most of her life, Sue Goreham has been a painter. According to the woman from Brazil Lake, Yarmouth County, N.S., she ...