At Large

Francis Bacon
The Skeletons in Francis Bacon’s Studio
What the artist’s chaotic workspace reveals about the mind of this modern master.
Collage of presidential portraits
Hail to the Chiefs' Portraits
The White House hosts a unique and historic collection of artwork: Portraits of the men who have held the highest office in the land. Portraitist John Howard Sanden talks with Mo Rocca about the…
Nubian Pyramids in Sudan
Flooding Nile Threatens Ancient Pyramids
The Nile’s flooding is out of control, and Sudan is struggling to save its people and its historic sites.
Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles, 1913.
Ignacio Zuloaga: Francisco Franco’s Favorite Painter
How Ignacio Zuloaga went from exiled reject to Francisco Franco’s preferred portraitist
Oak Spring Garden Foundation
The Life and Horticultural Art of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon
The Oak Spring Garden Foundation continues the vision and work of art collector and philanthropist Bunny Mellon.
Elizabeth Siddal is the model in Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66.
The Women of Pre-Raphaelite Art
More than just muses, the models that made Pre-Raphaelite art a success had artistic ambitions of their own.
Rembrandt painting of an older white man from the chest up, with his eyes cast down
Ashmolean Museum Finds Rembrandt in Storage
Ashmolean curators decided to reexamine a neglected painting in the Ashmolean’s own storage, once thought to be an original Rembrandt, now discredited.
photo of Jennifer Dasal, a white woman wearing a navy top with strawberry blonde hair
Behind the Mic with ArtCurious Host Jennifer Dasal
The ArtCurious podcast continues to be a hit, and now, Jennifer Dasal has parlayed its extraordinary success into a book of the same name, available in September.
photo of Beirut shows massive destruction following explosion
Aid Organizations Pledge $5 million for Beirut Cultural Sector
Among the $10–15 billion dollars of property damaged were museums, galleries, libraries, and historic sites in downtown Beirut.
exterior of the national gallery london
The Esteemed History of Britain's National Gallery

In the middle of Trafalgar Square in downtown London, the National Gallery sits, with a main collection on display that is owned by the British people. Thus, entry to the main collection is free.…

Artist Sacha Jafri covered in paint with arms spread, standing on a large paint-covered canvas
Artist Sacha Jafri Creates World's Largest Painting
Artist Sacha Jafri isn’t afraid of a good challenge, and the British artist has taken on a big one: to raise $30 million dollars for charity by creating the world’s largest painting on canvas.
René Magritte, Golconda, 1953.
The Magical Paintings of René Magritte
Before he was known for pipes, bowler hats, and apples, Magritte began his illustrious career in advertising.
a fragment of medieval text held in two blue-gloved hands
Medieval Treasures Found in 15th-Century English Manor's Attic
For archeologists working at Oxburgh Hall, a fifteenth-century manor in Norfolk, England, lockdown has given them the opportunity to delve a little deeper into their work.
Camille Pissarro painting of a Paris street in the rain
Court Rules On Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting's Future
The family of Lilly Cassirer, the painting’s owner prior to World War II, has sought to reclaim Camille Pissarro’s Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain (1897) from Madrid’s Thyssen-…
Da Vinci's Vitruvian man from the chest up- a figure of a man with four arms in a circle
The History and Influence of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
As the orginal "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci’s works have influenced artists, scientists, architects, and great thinkers for centuries. Along with the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, his…