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Seeing myself reflected in art allowed me to feel comfortable making my own

7:00am July 25, 2022

by Sommer Hill

I was taught about Picasso and van Gogh, but I never saw myself in their work. Then I learned about Black artists during the Harlem Renaissance, and they inspired me to try abstract pictures.

Fishermen haul in a fishing net in the eastern central Atlantic off Senegal. Belgian photographer Pierre Vanneste documents commercial fishing in his black-and-white photos.

Must-see art from Senegal's Biennale: Sculptures of sugar, paintings of old postcards

2:46pm June 10, 2022

by Nick Roll

Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.

Salvator Mundi is one of only a score of Leonardo da Vinci's works still in existence and the only one held privately.

Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait Of Christ Sells For Record-Shattering $450 Million

12:22pm November 16, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The sale at Christie's of Salvator Mundi, which dates from around 1500, easily tops previous records set in 2015 for a Picasso sold at auction and a Willem de Kooning sold privately.

A man stands in front of a projection of the virtually recomposed painting The Enchanted Pose by René Magritte at The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium on Tuesday.

80-Year-Old Mystery Cracked As Final Missing Piece Of Magritte Painting Found

4:51pm November 15, 2017

by Amy Held

The fourth and final portion of a painting cut up in 1932 was revealed in Belgium underneath another work by the surrealist artist.

Former corrections officer Robert Fletcher says he bought this painting from artist Peter Doig in 1976.

Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees

6:15pm August 23, 2016

by Andrew Limbong

A retired corrections officer says he bought the painting from Doig in 1976, but Doig (now a famous artist) says that wasn't him. So the retiree lawyered up and went to court.

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A small group of people rallied outside the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on Monday to protest that paintings by famous French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir are featured in the museum.

3 Questions With The Guy Who Hates Renoir

6:19pm October 06, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

A 12-year-old boy stumbles onto a painting worth $1.5 million.

VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Boy Trips, Rips Hole In $1.5 Million Painting

9:46am August 25, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

It is every parent's nightmare. Luckily the 350-year-old Paolo Porpora oil on canvas was insured, and the boy's family will not have to pay for the restoration.