Fine Art

When This German Artist Tried to Use His Work to Warn About Hitler, the World Ignored Him. It's Time to Listen

By Mary M. Lane

Laurie Simmons on Why Carolee Schneemann Was an Art-World 'Goddess'

By Laurie Simmons

These Pictures by Early African-American Photographers Did More Than Capture a Moment

By Laura Coyle and Michèle Gates Moresi / National Museum of African American History and Culture

These Five Paintings Shattered Auction Records in the Last 12 Months

By Belinda Luscombe
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The Concept of the 'Uncanny Valley' Dates to 1970. The Phenomenon Is Thousands of Years Older

Modern historians tend to underestimate the role of technical ingenuity in achieving these dazzling ancient artworks

By Adrienne Mayor

Painting Made by Artificial Intelligence Sells for $432,500

It's the first piece of AI art to go under the hammer at a major auction house

By Casey Quackenbush

How an Art Collective Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Make Paintings

In February, French art collective Obvious sold its first piece to a collector for over $11,000

The Obamas' Official Portraits Have Been Unveiled

Here's what to know about the history of presidential portraits, from George Washington's famous Lansdowne Portrait to today

By Olivia B. Waxman

Domestic Helpers Are the Subject of a New Opera, Mila

Conceived by award-winning playwright Candace Chong, with music by Eli Marshall, the Hong Kong production is a first of its kind

By Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong

The World Forgot About a 402-Foot-Long Painting. Here's What Happened When It Was Found

It was 45 feet tall and depicted approximately 6,000 heroes of the Allied war effort, but it spent years sitting in a crate in Baltimore

By Lily Rothman

Andrew Wyeth at 100 and the Story Behind His Most Famous Painting

At first, he believed his most famous painting would be as successful as "a flat tire"

By Liz Ronk

The Real History Behind Picasso's 'Guernica'

A flight of bombers pummeled the Basque town of Gernika for three hours on April 26, 1937

By Danny Bird / History Today

Artists Mobilize in the Face of Donald Trump's Presidency

Several visual artists are protesting the incoming president through their work

By Mahita Gajanan

Vincent van Gogh's Famous Bed May Still Exist

It was donated to Dutch refugees at the end of World War II

By TIME Staff

Grandma Moses Didn't Start Painting Until Her 70s. Here's Why

The American folk painter was born Sept. 7, 1860

By Olivia B. Waxman

New Survey Brings Women Into the Action of Abstract Expressionism

In the late 1940s and early ’50s, when Abstract Expressionism first erupted, life wasn’t easy for those who adopted it as their practice. Red-baiting Congress members denounced it as a communist plot. Wary museums refused...

By Richard Lacayo

The New Tate Modern Museum Wing Makes Room for Art by Women

The extension opened Friday, giving female and international artists more space

By Julia Zorthian

When Surrealism Comes Home

Rubi Lebovitch takes us on an unnerving journey through his warped domestic bliss

By Michelle Molloy

This British Artist Made Fine Art Inspired by Celebrity Selfies

Supermodel and actor Cara Delevingne posed for several paintings

By Nolan Feeney

The Old-Master Met Fills its Modern Satellite With Works in Progress

The Met Breuer opens in the former Whitney building

By Richard Lacayo
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