A rediscovered bust by celebrated French sculptor Bouchardon will be sold for millions after it was found propping open a ...

Le Café de Surate’ published in 1790 is an important glimpse into the history of the mercantile and port city as a ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American ...

Three cities united by a single port vocation and a strong relationship with the sea to analyze the link between urban development, cartography, and view painting, both as testimony and as ...

Plus: a preview of Sotheby’s Modern British and Irish Art auction at the RHA, and an Old Masters auction at Adam’s ...

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...

A similar mischief with gender fills the paintings of Ewa Juszkiewicz. Last fall, for her show at Gagosian Beverly Hills, she copied 18th-century likenesses of notable women, down to the pearl.

Our year-end summary explores lots that were in the spotlight, whether for the right or wrong reasons. Which lot was most disappointing? Which lots by which artists sold at the highest margins above ...

Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, ...

The late AD100 Hall of Fame designer’s private collection hits the auction block later this month. Here’s a look back at her ...

The mysterious painting features a shadowy figure that looks suspiciously like the artist. Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pierrot (1718), detail. Photo: Collection of the Louvre, Paris. Watteau was born in ...