Two "rare" paintings by LS Lowry have sold for a combined sum of more than £1.8m. A painting of Senhouse Street in Maryport, Cumbria, went under the hammer at Christie's auction house and sold ...

Pietro Lorenzetti’s three-level “Tarlati Altarpiece” from about 1320 in the exhibition “Siena: The Rise of Painting: 1300-1350.” Tempera on wood, it traveled from a church in Arezzo to ...

Now, and only now, you may pick up your brush. The Met’s new show about what happens next, “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” makes clear how astonishing it is that paint, of all ...

So, you want to start painting miniatures? Welcome. This all-encompassing beginner’s guide on how to paint miniatures takes you through everything you need to know. It’s a broad bible of rock-solid ...

The paintings have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. The portrait of the late Tudor monarch, painted around 1592 by the Flemish artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger ...