The book, celebrated at a recent launch at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, is a collection of sonnets – traditionally a 14-line poem that follows one of several specific rhyme schemes – inspired ...

The film explores the life and work of the renowned 17th-century painter Rembrandt van Rijn, highlighting the vibrant art scene of Amsterdam during its Golden Age.

Few artists have such popular appeal as Vermeer and Sotheby’s Bond Street saleroom was packed to over-flowing on the evening ...

still lifes and scenes of everyday life (also known as genre painting). Dutch art contrasts notably with the Flemish Baroque painting made during the same period in neighboring Flanders (i.e., the ...

An extensive private collection of Dutch Old Masters is making 75 of its works available, including 18 Rembrandts, to ...

The original Dutch Interiors are a set of paintings by Spanish artist Joan Miró. In 1928, the painter visited the Netherlands and brought home postcards of 17th century Dutch artwork. Inspired by ...

Let’s explore the history of still life through a selection of 10 paintings corresponding to two key moments: the 17th century in the Netherlands, and the 19th century in France. Eighty years after ...

On the eve of leaving the city for good, an English art dealer found himself captivated ... that Ward-Jackson co-wrote about the life of the early 17th-century Baroque painter.

David Sequeira’s exhibition ‘Floribunda’ at Bunjil Place showcases a long-held fascination with flowers while asking us to ...

After a few years away, the Frick Collection reopens with a renovated grandeur that marries Old Master power portraits to a ...

At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...

History paintings were the highest order of art. Florals and still life paintings were okay for ... of cultural gender assumptions in 17th-century Europe crafted to appeal to knowledgeable art ...