The Week in Art: One Painting Found, One Smuggled In
Art news this week: AI helps Italian police recover a stolen Saint Agnese painting, and an artist sneaks his own oil pastel into the Met Museum.
Was This the Original Selfie?
Meet the Renaissance artist who painted herself into history
Painting the Dark
From moonlit rivers to fireworks to polar auroras, these four paintings show how artists make darkness glow.
Four Art Stories Worth a Coffee Break
A looted Kandinsky, a hidden Monet, an unseen van Gogh, and Joni Mitchell’s NEWS.
Feeling Stuck in a Rut?
Try Michele Usibelli’s Approach for Staying Fresh
A Landscape Painter and a Portrait Painter Walk Into a Marriage
Meet Kelley Mogilka and Mason Williams
The Odyssey Is Having a Moment
16 artists take on Homer’s epic
Paint What You Love
Kathleen Dunphy on Landscapes, Critters, and the Creative Life
The Portrait Painter Who Erased Himself
Who was Joshua Johnson, one of America's first black professional artists?
I Locked Eyes With a Wolf. It Changed How I Paint.
Lori McNee shares her process for painting an animal in the world it lives in.