Department of Paintings

PODCAST: Talking About Paintings – Giovanni Bellini

Explore paintings by a Renaissance master with two curators.

On Venice’s postcard-perfect Rialto Bridge.

Nicole Block | September 5, 2017

The ins and outs of cleaning a frame for a masterpiece.

Gene Karraker | July 18, 2017

Triptych panels by Gerard David on view together for the first time since 1927.

Anne Woollett | March 30, 2017

Restoring the reputation of an Italian seicento master.

A look at a newly discovered Rembrandt.

The story of a portrait of spring.

Piecing together the panels of an extraordinary altarpiece.

Unveiling the artist’s technique from underneath centuries of dirt and grime.

Devi Ormond | December 9, 2016

An exhibition highlights the creative genius of a Renaissance innovator.

Did they know they were changing the course of art?

Alyna Carter | September 2, 2016

One painting becomes two.

Amelia Wong | September 1, 2016