What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10)–Louise Smith saw that blank wall nearly every day and wondered why no one had used it for an art space. Smith reached out to her friend Bridget Smith, a literacy specialist in ...

Judith Leyster was mistaken for Frans Hals and not rediscovered until the end of the 19th century. But her smile was unmistakably her own. I love this self-portrait by Judith Leyster, a 17th-century ...

Long before actor Peter Adam Rebadomia reenacted the artwork, or an Instagram comedian photoshopped Timothée Chalamet in Courbet’s place, those familiar with the Desperate Man meme format will recall ...

Help your child draw a self portrait and write down qualities that represent who she is. In each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Xavier, Brad, and Yadina travel back in time to meet ...

Lucy Jones painted her first nude self-portrait at 50. She was in New York with her husband Peter Leach, she said, when he “took a picture of my backside. I thought, ‘Well I don’t look too bad from ...

If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly known as ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Many artists paint themselves in smocks, holding brushes and palettes, or ...

As Austin celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, an iconic self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is back in the Capital City for a limited time. "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" ...

The contested 1889 self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo In the spring of 1889, Vincent van Gogh checked himself into the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum, ...