It should come as no surprise that the most famous painting in the world is that mysterious woman with the enigmatic smile. But that’s one of the few certainties about this work of art.

It should come as no surprise that the most famous painting in the world is that mysterious woman with the enigmatic smile. But that’s one of the few certainties about this work of art.

'Woman-Ochre,' valued at more than $100 million, is going on display at the Getty June 7 in Los Angeles and returns to Tucson for exhibit Oct. 8.

Leonardo da Vinci's ‘Mona Lisa’ is without a doubt one of the most famous paintings in the whole wide world. ... This painting isn’t of a sweet, docile woman or the beautiful sea and mountain.

You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate a good painting, especially when it comes from Black female painters who are revolutionizing the art world with every brushstroke. From bold portraits ...

She was also frustrated at depictions of women as passive vessels in a male-dominated world, and her second book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (J. Johnson, 1792), became her best-known work.

Researchers studied nearly 2 million art auction sales and found paintings by women fetched less money than paintings by men. Disparities that plague parts of the economy also affect the art world.

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring." The painting depicts a woman, but it's ...

Painting the town: Meet the women behind Philadelphia's famous street art Over its 41 years, Mural Arts Philadelphia has created more than 4,000 works. Many of the pieces are produced by women ...

The woman presided over one of the most famous courts in northern Italy and became a respected author, musician and patron of the arts. At the time of the painting, the girl was 17 years old ...

This onetime piece of kitchen décor will soon hang in France’s most famous museum. The painted panel that an elderly French woman discovered above her hot plate back in 2019 has been obtained ...