art history

Half a Million Records on Early 20th-Century German Art Market Added to Getty Provenance Index

A new resource for provenance research.

A wide-ranging discussion with the new director of the Getty Research Institute.

Ominous imagery in the book of beasts.

An exhibition and catalogue explore this unique medieval book and its long influence.

The hidden story of a marble bust.

The story of a pioneering artist as told by Virginia Woolf, critic Roger Fry, and the artist herself.

The Renaissance origins of the male gaze.

Dig into the details of some of Bruegel’s beloved paintings.

Katie Underwood | October 29, 2018

A new exhibition asks difficult questions about sex, violence, and beauty in Renaissance art.

Jill Burke | October 25, 2018

Making sense of 1.7 million art sales records in the Getty Provenance Index.

Jacquelyn Clements | October 11, 2018

A new look at the rise of the nude in art.

Thomas Kren | October 9, 2018

Inside a rare thirteenth-century Jewish manuscript.

Elizabeth Morrison | September 19, 2018