A Gustav Klimt portrait of a young Viennese woman set a record auction price for the artist Tuesday when it fetched $236.4 million at Sotheby’s in New York.
Check out the top 10 most expensive women artists and their top lots, courtesy of information from the Artnet Price Database.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate Women’s History Month with a free, all-ages festival and in-person and online programs and exhibitions. March kicks off with the annual Women ...
The image of a woman was revealed beneath Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto" (1901) through infrared imaging organized by the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. (all images ...
London (CNN) — Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso ...
The 19th century was an era of both romanticism and rapid change. It was a time when the public's perception of power and beauty was shaped by the masterful brushstrokes of a portrait artist. Yet, as ...
El sueño (La cama)” by the Mexican artist has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction.
CHICHESTER, England — The New Woman. The feminist writer Sarah Grand coined the phrase in 1894; she was referring to the kind of independent-spirited woman whose presence was beginning to be felt in ...
Today, 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier earns comparisons to Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck. But for centuries, the accomplished Flemish Baroque painter had been all but forgotten. In ...
The Austrian master’s full-length “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sparked a 19-minute bidding war to become the most valuable modern artwork sold at auction.