Like many women artists of earlier centuries whose work has survived, Artemisia came from a family of artists. Born in Rome in 1593, she was the oldest and most artistically inclined child of the ...
The sum - about the same as the average UK salary - was for the painting of Sir Lindsay Hoyle by leading contemporary artist ...
Global investigation tracked portrait to British auction house and ultimately to buyer in Italy who did not know he had ...
Works by Velázquez, Titian and Picasso were offered at the fair, as well as a sculpture thought to be modelled by ...
The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all.
A new, unwieldy tome dedicated to the gallery’s bicentenary is king of contradictions ...
A 96-year-old artist who is Dorset's only member of the Royal Academy will exhibit a collection of his self portraits painted ...
John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles legend and peace ...
The portraits of Edvard Munch contain hidden psychological depths. Here's our pick of the top five masterpieces in a new show ...
The Face retrospective at National Portrait Gallery celebrates '80s & '90s celebrities including Bowie, Beckham & Spice Girls ...
Alison Jacques has announced the representation and forthcoming solo exhibition of British artist Maeve Gilmore ...