In an interview with Apollo in 2017, four years before his death, the American artist Wayne Thiebaud claimed that ‘the art world is not much interested in humour […] to its disadvantage’.

Posy of Flowers, with a Beetle, on a Stone LedgePICTORIALMany of us are familiar with titans of the Dutch Golden Age like ...

They are captured singing and playing, in a fleeting moment of tenderness. Now a pair of unusually intimate portraits by 17th century Dutch master Frans Hals are on public sale – if you have at least ...

Co-organized by the Toledo Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, the first major U ...

Haarlem-based portrait painter Frans Hals (1582-1666) was among the most famous artists in the Dutch Republic during his lifetime—not just for his mastery of portraiture, but for his total ...

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Artists such as Frans Hals, El Greco and Claude Monet all have paintings displayed throughout the museum, as do sculptors Alexander Calder and Deborah Butterfield. The museum first opened its ...

Hollandse meesters uit Kremer Collectie krijgen vaste plek in Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar: ’In een klap behoren wij bij de top’ ...