fine art

On a summer evening after attending an exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum, my artist daughter and I walked the serene streets of Laguna Village. A grace to this town ...

To see great art is a joy. And to see it “in situ” both physically (where it was ...

Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893) was an English painter known for his pictures of classically posed, languid women with ...

July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed, and the United States of America emerges as a ...

As human beings living in this world, we are often bombarded with materialistic desires that may fuel our ...

The Associated Press posted an article in 2007 about an Italian musician, Giovanni Pala, who believes he found ...

Perhaps it's no surprise that the hospitable Irish took in a "foreigner," a Welshman named Patrick, and made ...

With the state easing Orange County’s COVID-19 restrictions, the city of Laguna Beach has begun planning for the ...

After 29 years in the FBI, I investigate privately, including cases of recovering stolen art. That puts me ...

Ask any writer. Often the most poignant of insights come right after an interview ends, when the notebook ...

During the 19th century, at the height of the Enlightenment, neoclassicists and romanticists debated the purpose of art. ...

Sometimes, I’m the victim of my own imagination. I let my thoughts run wild with desires for my ...

BOISE, Idaho—A longstanding tradition in the art world is to look to the divine for inspiration. From Michelangelo ...

Around 1533, the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo produced a series of drawings that he gave to his close ...

Sandra Kuck's paintings are rich in detail, and take several months to complete. "Yin and Yang" took half ...

Rated R | 2h 29min | Drama | 13 September 2019 (USA) Director John Crowley’s new tear-bogged drama, ...

Everyone who enters the Scarpelli Mosaici workshop in Florence, Italy, is told the story of “commesso Fiorentino” or ...

OSTA MESA, Calif.—“We’re changing the art world,” claims the New Masters Academy website. I wanted to understand exactly ...

NEW YORK—Artists have been capturing their first thoughts in sketchbooks ever since paper was invented. As a visual ...

Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846 – 1909), is known among scholars as one of William Bouguereau’s top students.  Although ...

KRAPPERUP, Sweden—Realism and figurative art runs like a common thread through the art of painting, going back to ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s “The Creation of Adam,” a small part of the fresco at the Sistine Chapel, is an ...

Simplistic and paradoxically expressive, drawings and the merits of the craft have begun to be showcased in many ...

Art enthusiasts are already saying that the second edition of TEFAF New York—from Oct. 28 through Nov. 1—promises ...

For fine arts painter George Ceffalio, the importance of classical realistic art is self-evident. "You see [realistic art] ...

Fine artist Morgan Weistling upholds the lineage of the golden age of illustration, along with the likes of ...

Mandy Hallenius co-founded the DaVinci Initiative to help children gain realistic drawing and painting skills as well as ...