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5/5 This exhibition is almost understated with its subdued décor and lighting yet mind blowing in suggestion and imagination

5/5 There is an extraordinary number of Old Masters on display as well as lesser known artists of striking quality

How can we explain, in simple terms, what makes a great artist? This question is more complex than it seems, as it forces us to think more broadly about what art is and who artists are. Above all, it forces us to reflect on what makes one artist more important…

The idea that prowess in activities like playing chess or writing poetry might be “fuelled” by frustrated, unconscious sexual desire is fairly well known today. But writing more than a century ago, Sigmund Freud was considered radical in his explanation of how sexual impulses could be transformed into creative or…

In 2017, the portrait, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for a record £360m and vanished. Now, it is claimed, it will reappear as the star exhibit in a Saudi branch of the Louvre

The Mona Lisa was the mother of memes since before memes were even a thing. She paved the way for a plethora of parodies that people can relate to, even if they aren't art lovers. The post 50 Hilariously Relatable Art History Memes That Prove Nothing Has Changed In Hundreds…

Fake was likely painted at the beginning of 20th century

Spanish police make arrest after being notified that export licence had expired and work was found to be a copy

Drag queen Nicky Doll has filed a defamation complaint