Mural Aims To Unite Greensboro With Some Tough Love
On a clear day, painter Vera Weinfield and a team of volunteers put some of the final touches on a large, colorful outdoor mural in downtown Greensboro.
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The Grasshopper In The Van Gogh
When museum conservators examined Vincent Van Gogh's Olive Trees, they found something curious stuck in its paint: a grasshopper. Could it be just some weird leftover — or a crucial clue?
An Unlikely Friendship Reignites 2 Artists' Ambitions
Brian Peterson crossed paths with Matt Faris, a homeless man on his street, dozens of times before he decided to say hello. Through their bond, the two men also drew inspiration from each other.
Last Da Vinci Painting In Private Hands Will Be Auctioned Next Month
The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.
Reynolda House Opens Largest Exhibition To Date, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern"
A new exhibit that opens today goes beyond the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, to depict the artist herself.
Frida Kahlo Celebrated With An Attempt At A World Record
Museum-goers attempted to set the record for most people dressed up as Frida Kahlo at the Dallas Museum of Art Thursday night.
Man Charged After Attack On Painting At London's National Gallery
A man entered The National Gallery in London on Saturday afternoon, approached a painting by British master Thomas Gainsborough and proceeded to attack it with a "sharp object," the museum says.
Blind Art Lovers Make The Most Of Museum Visits With 'InSight' Tours
"Sight isn't the only pathway to understand art," says Carol Wilson of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There, specially trained docents lead tours using sound, description — and even touch.
Long Seen As Victim, 17th Century Italian Painter Emerges As Feminist Icon
Much of what is known of Artemisia Gentileschi comes from her testimony in the trial of a painter who raped her. "Now we try to go back and fill in and properly understand," says a curator.
In A First, Spain's Prado Museum Puts The Spotlight On A Female Artist
Clara Peeters, a 17th century Flemish painter, hid tiny self-portraits in her still life paintings. She wasn't a household name, then or now, and just 40 or so of her paintings have survived.