Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that “no one would paint history who could do a portrait,” but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great ...

When thinking of fashion trends, coffins don't necessarily spring to mind. But the burial boxes, or sarcophagi, of Roman Egypt show that even the sombre world of death is susceptible to fads. After ...

Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, ...