Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. This one is from present-day Belgium: “The Gallery of Cornelis van der ...

More than 30 years after his death, Friedel Dzubas's rarely seen black paintings are getting another look in a New York ...

Scientists discovered a forgotten Mediterranean Sea creature hidden in centuries-old Italian paintings, revealing its surprising ecological history.

In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

Look closely at a face in a painting and you might think you know what emotion the person is experiencing. A smile suggests happiness. A furrowed brow might signal anger. Widened eyes could mean fear ...

What happens when a painting from 1839 looks more artificial than an AI image? A new study raises questions about the clues ...

It’s hard to imagine a visual record of the 20th century without Pablo Ruiz Picasso. With his bold shapes and characteristic angles, the Spanish artist captured everything from the horrors of war to ...

The legal battle for Lucas Cranach the Elder’s paintings Adam and Eve (both circa 1530), which has raged for over a decade, looks poised to continue in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A late July ...

In December, a beloved 20th-century artist will finally get his due when a lot of 55 paintings by Congo the chimpanzee goes on exhibit at the Mayor Gallery in London. The paintings are owned by ...