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Creepy-crawlies: bugs, lizards, and insects.

Did you shower today, or did you make do with a quick spritz of Axe body spray? Across history, hygiene and cleanliness in art have mirrored shifting values about purity, beauty, and human nature.

David is a towering figure. Considered the father of the French School, revered for breathing new life into painting, he produced imagery that to this day inhabits the collective imagination: from The Death of Marat to Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

This fall, the Harvard Art Museums present an exhibition that demonstrates how simple tools like chalk, crayon, graphite, and charcoal can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression.

A cultural landmark, silent for over a decade, is about to sing again. After 14 years of ambitious expansion and restoration, the Bonnat-Helleu Museum is set to throw open its doors.

Contemporary artists are invited to copy works from the Louvre in a celebration of the copyist’s art, a collaboration with Centre Pompidou-Metz.

Nudity started being an important subject in art in ancient Greece. The male body was celebrated at sports competitions or religious festivals, it was seen as a symbol of the best aspects of humanity.

In 1607 the future Louis XIII was brought to the French countryside around the town of Versailles for his first hunt, and just like his father, Henri IV, he loved it—so much so that in 1621, after rising to the throne, he had a small hunting lodge constructed there.

Some artists' assistants get industry access, exposure and mentorship. Many more clean brushes and stay silent, waiting for an opportunity that never comes.

A sumptuous selection of showstopping artworks spanning seven millenia can be found at TEFAF Maastricht 2025, while the TEFAF Cultural Heritage Summit returns for a second year and explores philanthropy and public funding in the fine arts sector.

Colnaghi and Colnaghi Elliott announced their participation in The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), Maastricht, 2025.

After closing its doors on 1 East 70th Street in New York in 2020, the Frick Collection is set to reopen its historic mansion on April 17, 2025, offering visitors a revitalized experience that blends timelessness and historical charm with exciting new additions.

The Connecticut museum exhibits stellar drawings from its holdings, spanning centuries and featuring such artists as Gainsborough, Ingres, Courbet, Degas, Picasso and Miró.

The Art Institute of Chicago has expanded its collection of French art with the acquisition of the prestigious Horvitz Collection, adding more than 2,000 works from the 18th to the 20th century.

The Norton Simon Museum started out as the Pasadena Art Institute in 1922, exhibiting 19th-century American and European art and hosting annual shows of artists from California.