Usually relegated to the sidelines, Mary Magdalene is depicted with passion and power in this painting by a north Italian master.
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We know next to nothing about the artist. We know still less about the people he depicted.
Jane Harris eschewed the fashionable 1990s London art scene and retreated to rural France where she experimented quietly with shape and colour.
Art critics are wrong to discount what we can learn about the master painter from how he engaged with fashion and the fashionable.
Despite his mental anguish, Van Gogh produced some of his greatest paintings in the last few months of his life.
The Enlightenment saw science and rational thought replace the religious superstitions of the previous century, and demons became metaphors for the human struggle between good and evil.
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a pioneer of abstract art. His paintings have not aged and appear contemporary and relevant to us now.
How did George Stubbs, one of England’s foremost painters of horses and dogs, get Australian animals so wrong?
A new exhibition of the Australian artist’s work at QAGOMA is the first comprehensive survey of Michael Zavros in a state gallery.
Gwen John was very much her own woman and followed her own artistic instincts, producing small, intimate, idiosyncratic paintings that resonate.
Historic paintings can be just as valuable as educational tools as videos created using the latest technologies.
What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?
A new three-part series brings together a wealth of material and voices to present new films, photographs, stories and theories about the brilliant artist.
Historically, baldness was treated with neutrality, as a regular part of daily life. Ancient Egyptians had different balding hairstyles
In the age of the Black Lives Matter movement, Basquiat’s work is more relevant than ever. It highlights racial inequality and violence against racialized people.
Americans of all stripes have long embraced the culture of the ancient Mediterranean, using ancient ideals to navigate a new world.
Hammamet with Its Mosque, a little picture with a monumental impact, belies a complex history of cross-cultural encounter.
People in our experiments liked art by women – but believed women’s paintings are less attractive for investment.
Gathered throughout the period of the British empire and gifted to the people of Glasgow, this famous collection is both spectacular and problematical.
A retrospective of John Byrne’s work over six decades reveals why he is one of Scotland’s most important artists.
Top contributors
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in MA Creative Media Practice, University of the West of Scotland
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Senior Lecturer in History of Art, The Open University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Art History, University of Sydney
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Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Master of Art in Gallery and Museum Management Program Director, Western Colorado University
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Honorary fellow of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne