From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...

Once stolen along with seven other paintings by Cézanne and recovered for a ransom, The Card Players set the record for the most expensive painting ever sold in 2011 when the royal family of Qatar ...

The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such as ...

The Mona Lisa’s real rise to stardom began with a crime. On a summer morning in 1911, the painting vanished from the Louvre. For over 24 hours, no one noticed. When they finally did, chaos erupted.

Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential painters and sculptors of the 20th century, known for his artistic versatility and extraordinary talent. Picasso, who lived to 91, was famous for switching ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters Meilan ...

Beleaguered catfish, sword-wielding dogs and armored rodents commit acts of violence, malice and mischief, their expressions contorted, their eyes bloodshot and yellow, their faces sometimes partly ...

Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931, 9.5 in × 13 in (image via Mike Steele Flickr) When neurodegeneration occurs, the structure of neurons slowly deteriorates, often resulting in the death ...