Suzanne Valadon posed for Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec, then taught herself to paint and out-shocked them all. The rebel of Montmartre.

The Mona Lisa theft of 1911 turned a quiet Leonardo into the world’s most famous painting. Here is how Vincenzo Peruggia walked out with her.

There is a particular flinch that happens when an artist opens Instagram to post their own work. It is not laziness and it is not…

James Carter has released the second edition of VISIBLE, and it is the biggest rewrite the book has had since it first appeared. For anyone…

The Futurism art movement worshipped speed, noise and machines. The full story, from a car in a ditch to an ugly political ending.

The Night Watch painting was trimmed with a saw, slashed twice and sprayed with acid. The strange survival story of Rembrandt’s biggest canvas.

Composition in art is what makes a painting hold together. Seven rules that work, plus the famous myth you can safely ignore.

Hilma af Klint painted abstract art before Kandinsky, then hid it for decades. The strange story of the first abstract painter.

Van Gogh began at 27, Grandma Moses at 78. The stories of artists who started late will change how you think about your own timeline.

Why museums sell art, from quiet housekeeping to public scandal. Inside deaccessioning, the Baltimore row and the Sekhemka sale.