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Discover some of the best-traveled masterpieces and the surprising journeys that turned American museums into unlikely guardians of some of the world’s greatest works.
In February 2026, in the sale room of Sotheby’s, an unprepossessing, double-sided painting by the great artist Antonello da Messina sold for $14.9 million.
Duccio di Buoninsegna was central to the establishment of the Sienese school, combining the finer aspects of Byzantine and Western European art.
Renaissance artists revolutionized religious painting by breaking centuries-old rules. They introduced realism, perspective, emotion, and ordinary people into sacred scenes, forever changing Christian imagery.
An interview on ‘Yellow. Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour’ at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, a first-of-its-kind exhibition.
The oldest museums began as collections accessible only to the powerful elite. Luckily, societies have become a little more egalitarian nowadays.
Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico was the founder of the Metaphysical painting movement, which became an important precursor to Surrealist art.
Salvador Dali’s eccentricities and shocking political views once led to his official expulsion from the Surrealist circles.
