The Grand Palais in Paris has mounted an ambitious Diego Velázquez exhibition, and, according to a French critic, it’s riddled with distinctive ambiguities. Writing for French Journal Le Monde, art ...

By the middle of the nineteenth century, artists were becoming more autonomous. They began painting more of their own ideas, ...

The group show “Suggestion, That Is the Dream” features artists Talle Bamazi, Jason Morgan and Bernard Palchick, each of whom makes use of allusive imagery rich with meaning. The exhibit, which runs ...

Ukrainian traditional painting captures the nation’s spirit through color, nature, and symbolism. What began as ancient ornamentation evolved into a refined folk art that tells stories of resilience, ...

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

Art students can now gain a botanical perspective to Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings. ‘Encounters of his brush with the Botanical’ is a researched study where nearly three dozen works of this icon have ...

They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many other artists before and since? When we think about ...