Painting
1934: The Art of the New Deal
An exhibition of Depression-era paintings by federally-funded artists provides a hopeful view of life during economic travails
What’s the Deal about New Deal Art?
As the first of the New Deal acts that funded public art projects with federal money, the PWAP produced more than 15,000 works of art in just six months
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Portrait Unveiled
At the National Portrait Gallery, artist David Lenz pays tribute to a champion for the intellectually disabled
The Measure of Genius: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel at 500
Half a millennium later, the story of the painting of the Sistine Chapel is as fascinating as Michelangelo’s masterpiece itself
Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt's Shadow
A new exhibition re-establishes Lievens' reputation as an old master, after centuries of being eclipsed by his friend and rival
Van Gogh's Night Visions
For Vincent Van Gogh, fantasy and reality merged after dark in some of his most enduring paintings, as a new exhibition reminds us
Mark Catesby's New World
The artist sketched American wildlife for Europe's high society, educating them on the creatures living among the unexplored lands
Feeling Blue: Expressionist Art on Display in Munich
Visitors catch a glimpse of the groundbreaking, abstract art created bypreeminent 20th century expressionists
Warhol's Pop Politics
Andy Warhol's political portraits anticipated today's blurred boundaries between public office and stardom
Botticelli Comes Ashore
With the purchase of Botticelli’s Death of Lucretia, Isabella Stewart Gardner took American collecting in a new direction
China’s Artistic Diaspora
For sixty years, upheavals in Chinese politics have not only remade the country’s economy–they have remade Chinese art
Back to the Figure
Recognizable forms are showing up in the works of a new wave of contemporary painters
The Real Frida Kahlo
A new exhibition offers insights into the Mexican painter's private life
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