Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607–1674), Portrait of Rembrandt, ca. 1629. Oil on panel, 22 7/16 x 17 5/16 in. From 17 May to 9 August 2009, the Rembrandt House Museum will present a major retrospective of Jan Lievens (1607-1674), friend and rival of Rembrandt. A child prodigy, Lievens was one of the most highly regarded and [...]

JMW Turner was an obsessively competitive painter who laboured to prove how much better he was than his predecessors, a major exhibition at Tate Britain will attempt to prove this autumn. A self portrait painted by JMW Turner, that will be exhibited as part of the new Tate Britain exhibition Turner and the Masters The [...]

Andy Warhol, Mickey Mouse Uncle Sam. Superman. Mickey Mouse. These pop culture icons share more in common than fame—they became muses and their images become subjects to another American icon: Andy Warhol.

Don’t even think about a trip to the Clore Gallery to see Turner/Rothko – an even more meagre display, purporting to highlight the similarities between the English landscape painter and the American Abstract Expressionist. “Black on Maroon” by Mark Rothko The comparison is specious. Hanging Turner’s Three Seascapes of c1827 next to a typical Rothko [...]

The High Museum of Art will present an exhibition of four masterpieces by Claude Monet from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, beginning June 6. The installation will feature MoMA’s renowned 42-foot-wide triptych, “Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,” which is the largest “Water Lilies” painting in the U.S. [...]

Turner & Italy begins in 1802, when the Peace of Amiens made travel on the Continent possible for British artists, and J M W Turner crossed the Alps for his first, brief glimpse of the country that was to play such a crucial role in his art. J.M.W. Turner “Neapolitan Fisher Girls Surprised Bathing by [...]

Modern masterworks by celebrated artists including Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse will be featured in an upcoming University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA)-organized exhibition at the Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second St. in downtown Davenport, IA. Jackson Pollock, “Mural,” 1943, oil on canvas, 8′ 1 1/4″ x 19′ 10″. The exhibition, [...]