American and European elites set themselves up as bulwarks against the allegedly toxic legacy of Western civilization and ...

From the Mongols to the Tsars, Russia has been a significant player on the world's stage and Russian palaces and forts are a ...

After a $220 million renovation, The Frick Collection reopens to display Henry Clay Frick's vast collection of artwork and ...

British-born Sam Griffin's painting was personal and introspective; then he was drafted into the Israeli army.

At various points in its history, Hamburg’s been known as many things. A harbour city, media capital, millionaire’s metropolis and anarchist hub – and occasionally all at once. Germany’s ...

a large private collection of Dutch Old Masters is making available 75 of its works, including 18 Rembrandts. The “From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection” is on ...

And the truth is that each one of them would be considered to be the capstone of a collection of Old Masters.” In his eyes ... found in the extraordinary creativity of this Dutch period. But, for him, ...

The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt, Rapoport and her team have gathered 120 artworks, such as domestic items like firebacks and Delft tiles, dramatic tableaux from Dutch masters and ritual ...

“From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection” will include 75 works by 27 artists, including Vermeer’s “Seated Virginal Player” and pieces by Golden Age Dutch masters such as ...

I meet the Old Masters dealer ... Leiden Collection of Dutch pictures, based in New York, Hall lauds as “the most extraordinary collection imaginable”: It’s a museum in itself, and it has an emphasis ...

In The Frame: As well as pieces from its own collection, the National Gallery has borrowed works from overseas collections for its stunning exhibition Turning Heads: Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer ...

There are few Rembrandt's works among the paintings' collection ... But there were numerous persistent requests during the last two years to bring Dutch Masters 17th century collection. It is worth ...