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The WPA helped everyone from Jackson Pollock to Louise Nevelson.

The iconoclastic director behind ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more cult classics—who passed away on January 16, 2025 at the age of 78—once drew a comic strip about a furious dog and disliked large furniture.

Completed in 1642, Rembrandt van Rijn's The Night Watch is not only a highlight of a career that spanned over 600 paintings, but also acclaimed as arguably the greatest portrait of the Dutch Baroque era.

Understanding the true story behind ‘Christina’s World’ makes the famed 1948 painting by Andrew Wyeth even more intriguing.

Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah is not quite 2 years old, but he has already sold several works.

Set in a real-life cafe overlooking the Seine, the painting captures a joyous moment among friends—but the history around this iconic Impressionist work makes it all the richer.

Picasso and his Blue Period have nothing on Yves Klein, who created art almost exclusively in a shade of his own invention.

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These famous couples (and some lesser famous ones) didn’t mince words in their breakup letters.

Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”

One of the paintings in the series was stolen from a museum and held for ransom. Another sold for a record-breaking price.

American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with ‘Flag.’

Even if you can’t appreciate this masterpiece's aesthetic, it has a history that’s worth its weight in house paint and stacks of cash.

C.M. Coolidge has been called “the most famous American artist you’ve never heard of.” But while critics might sniff at his contribution to the art world, the history of his greatest works is rich.

How much are some happy little trees worth to you? One art dealer believes it's a small fortune.

A close look at Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884' reveals much more than a warm portrait of a sunny day in a lovely park.

'The Persistence of Memory' is the most recognizable work by Salvador Dalì, who painted it in the midst of a hallucination.

The famous 1889 painting was the artist's second depiction of a twinkling night sky.

The father of French impressionism paid a gardener to dust his water lilies.

Just underneath the surface of many paintings, both famous and obscure, is another hidden painting that could have been.

Katsushika Hokusai's ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ gracefully distills the power of the ocean into a two-dimensional image that's as deceptively simple as it is mesmerizing.