fine art

"In this video, Bill Ham discusses his "kinetic paintings," which involve the unique use of a transparent overhead projector deployed as a tool for direct spontaneous abstract painting in…

"Special guests Lonnie Holley, Danny Glover, Paul Arnett, and Delroy Lindo comment on de Young's special exhibition, Revelations: Art from the African American South, on view through April 1, 2018…

"LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear…

"An introductory video for the exhibition 'Van Dyck, The Anatomy of Portraiture,' on view at The Frick Collection from March 2, 2016, through June 5, 2016."

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"Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), nineteenth-century Britain’s greatest land- and seascape artist, depicted ports throughout his career, both in monumental oil paintings and in…

"Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, introduces the exhibition, "Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's 'Abraham and the Angels," on view at The Frick Collection from May 30,…

"A preview of the exhibition Irving Penn Centennial April 24–July 30, 2017 at The Met, featuring Jeff Rosenheim, Curator in Charge, Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Maria Morris…

"In conjunction with the exhibition Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, on view June 13, 2017–February 4, 2018, this video features time-lapse photography of bamboo artist Tanabe Chikuunsai…

"Bonhams Director of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Ralph Taylor introduces the many highlights from our Post War and Contemporary Art sale on June 29 at New Bond Street, including Mark Bradford,…

Highlights from Bonhams Old Masters Sale 5 July 2017. 

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"This haniwa clay model of a horse from 6th-century Japan would have been buried in a tomb on ‘a very grand scale’, explains Japanese Art specialist Mark Hinton."

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"In the video above specialist Elizabeth Beaman describes how the leading American Impressionists found inspiration on a hideaway island in New England."

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Specialist Elizabeth Hammer examines superlative examples of ‘the most intimate form of Chinese traditional painting’, all with Imperial provenance — offered in New York on 15 March
 

"When he fled Paris for Tahiti in 1891, the artist described a ‘dazzling’ encounter with a landscape and way of life that changed his painting for ever — as an exceptional painting from our 28…