WORCESTER — A 17th-century Dutch painting stolen from a private Worcester home in 1978 is back in the city and will soon be on display at the Worcester Art Museum. A winter scene by Dutch master ...

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at a piece of art.

Imagine walking down a street and running into a childhood friend you haven’t seen in decades. Despite the years and the changes that come with them, you know just who you’re looking at. “That’s what ...

To plan or to improvise? This was, in broad strokes, a vital question facing 16th-century Italian painters. Florentine artists favored careful design, a process that began with disegno, drawing. Their ...

From prepping walls to mastering trim and ceilings, pro painter Juan Torres offers tips to help homeowners achieve professional-quality results without breaking the bank. A fresh coat of paint can ...

Very few masterpieces are as anarchic, in both composition and atmosphere, as Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “The Wedding Dance.” The 1566 painting, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, shows Flemish ...

On Sept. 19, 2011, the front page of the Boston Globe featured a painting of a nude man, seen from behind, toweling off. The paper stressed that the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was deaccessioning works ...

The painting “Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb” became one of the inspirations for Idris Khan in his first solo museum show in the United States. By Ted Loos Reporting from Milwaukee This article ...

Jenny Smith was shocked to find her doppelgänger online — in a painting, that is. The mom-of-four was blown away by the discovery of a painted portrait that bared an uncanny resemblance to her curly ...