Over spring break, I had the opportunity to visit an array of art museums throughout the Washington D.C. area. One of my more ...

The Musée d’Orsay is partnering with 12 museums around France in a project that uses impressionist art to highlight climate change – works that collectively tell the story of human enterprise at the ...

courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Courbet's sisters served as models for the women depicted in Young Ladies of the Village (1851–52). courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gustave ...

Our list of 10 contemporary art controversies provides examples of each, as it examines the efficacy of boundary-pushing in the 21st century. Read more about "Art in the 21st Century" here. More from ...

(Image: ClaudeMonet/Website) One of the most iconic and expressive self-portraits is ‘The Desperate Man’ by Gustave Courbet. Courbet paints himself as a young man, his eyes wide in surprise ...