It is called "the sale of the century," but little is known about the young girl at the center of the nude portrait

One of modern art's lions shows us that sexual moments and nudity aren't necessarily erotic.

Jay Z and Lady Gaga are courting art-world cred -- but is that more easily bought than in times past?

Can one become more creative by doing drugs?

A mythologizing biopic about a junkie playwright, thief and con man. The movie's a con, too.

Larger than life even 500 years ago, Leonardo’s legend has grown over the centuries

A pair of video artists try to turn the TV into a love machine with a nonpornographic video designed to steer your gaze toward your partner.

A new London exhibit offers a snapshot of the French dadaist's war of attrition with the visual arts

Sam Wagstaff was the patron and lover who connected Mapplethorpe and bohemian New York. Here's how they met

It's a detail in the Borgia Apartment

Could the director of a Kamasi Washington video be the next big thing?

One of the most famous — and most frequently stolen — works of Western art reveals new truths about its past

An artist in turn-of-the-century New York is commissioned to paint the portrait of a mysterious woman whom no one has ever seen.

Allison Wint said she's been teaching Georgia O'Keeffe in physiological terms "for two years" in Detroit schools

The master portraitist, who died this week, evoked indignity and delight from his subjects