Louis Gallait: War and Peace Some paintings depict war.Other paintings make you feel what war does to the human soul.Louis Gallait’s War, painted in 1872, belongs to the second kind.
Holbein the Younger’s Hidden Message. Look closely at this painting. Two men stand before us, dressed in magnificent clothes, surrounded by objects that seem to tell us exactly who they
Lucifer the Forbidden Masterpiece Imagine you are standing in a darkened gallery. The year is 1890. The air smells of varnish, candle wax, and the faint metallic tang of oil
How Johanna Bonger Changed the History of Art Forever. Vincent van Gogh Phenomenon Imagine the sound of the auctioneer’s gavel at Christie’s or Sotheby’s signals the sale of a Van
In August 1956, the phone rang, slicing through the quiet of a summer night. On the other end was news that would fracture a life in two. Lee Krasner listened
The Last Supper Mystery We’re stepping beyond the visible. Beyond paint and plaster… beyond what history tells us. I want you to imagine a long, dim hall. The air is
