Lady Lilith : Decoding the Mysterious Allure of Rosetti’s Iconic Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Lady Lilith, an iconic Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece housed in the Delaware Art Museum, represents an amalgam of the artist's life-long devotion to celebrating female beauty. The intricate 19th-century depiction of a stunning self-absorbed, self-sufficient woman remains a powerful testament
A Painting the National Gallery Determined Was Not by Vermeer Will Be Displayed In the Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer Mega-Show Anyway
Next February, roughly 28 of the 35 paintings attributed to Johannes Vermeer will go on view at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum in a presentation that’s being billed as the most extensive survey of the Dutch Golden Age artist ever staged. However, one of those paintings—a
The Only Titian Painting in Switzerland Is Most Likely Not a Real Titian, According to an A.I. Art Authenticator
Art Recognition, a Swiss company that uses A.I to authenticate art, has revived questions about Kunsthaus Zürich’s Evening Landscape with Couple (c. 1518–1520), hailed as the only Titian painting in Switzerland. Its algorithm has ruled there’s an 80 percent chance the work
Andy Warhol’s Art-School Works,Including What’s Believed to Be His First Self-Portrait Will Go on Sale at Phillips
Andy Warhol’s name instantly brings to mind some of the most famous works of Modern art, from his Campbell’s soup cans to portraits of 20th century icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Long before Warhol pioneered Pop art, however, he
Demand for Rediscovered Artists and Young Talent Remains Strong, If Not Frothy, at Christie’s $26 Million Postwar to Present Sale
While the September contemporary art auctions in New York do not offer the billion-dollar headlines of the glitzy November evening sales, they do provide an opportunity to see where the market is heading. And at a moment when supply of
‘Flaming June’ Once Vanished for Decades and Three Other Unexpected Facts About the Fiery Pre-Raphaelite Masterpiece
Flaming June is a painting that blooms orange. A young woman with sunkissed cheeks and long auburn hair is curled in sleep, her sheer Grecian dress fanned out and filling the canvas with a tangerine hue. She dozes on a marble terrace,
Researchers Used Facial Recognition Technology to Identify a Long Lost Painting by Raphael
There appears to be a new painting by the Italian Renaissance great Raphael, and we have an unusual source to thank: facial recognition technology. Based on the close similarities of the face of the Madonna in the previously unattributed de Brécy Tondo and Raphael’s Sistine
Ever Noticed All the Mysterious Maps in Vermeer’s Paintings?
No other 17th-century Dutch painter devoted as much attention to the rendering of cartographic works as Vermeer. In six of his paintings, an identifiable map adorns the walls of a domestic space. Vermeer followed the maps’ contents and proportions scrupulously, depicting
A Painting by the Rapper Skepta Just Sold for Nearly $100,000 in a Sotheby’s Sale He Helped Curate
The rapper and grime music pioneer Skepta has been revealing another artistic side in recent months. Earlier this week, the British-Nigerian rapper sold an original painting for £81,900 GBP ($94,660) as part of Sotheby’s “Contemporary Curated” sale, easily exceeding its presale
Antonio Canova’s Sexy Sculpture of Napoleon’s Sister Caused a Scandal:Here Are 3 Facts That Elevate It Above the Sensationalism
“Every veil must fall before Canova,” Pauline Borghese coyly remarked of Venus Victrix, Antonio Canova’s 1808 marble portrait depicting her as the victorious goddess of love. The comment, which seemed to suggest she had posed nude for the sculptor, stirred an