Sometimes, what we see in art is not the whole story. Many classic painters were true masters of illusion, skillfully embedding hidden figures, double meanings, and visual tricks into their works.

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

One possible figure is the Paris art dealer Ambrose Villard, who hosted Picasso's first show in 1901. But there's no documentation and no clues left on the canvas, so the research continues.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s “Hidden Layers” show displays the ... “What we’re looking at is not only pictures under other pictures but ways in which artists prepared their ...

Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable.. Last ...

The Hidden Art Gallery 25 Myrtle St. Boston, MA 02114 (857) 919-4278 www.thehiddenartgallery.com.

A MASTERPIECE need not lie behind locked doors to be effectively hidden from the public at large. The Laughing Child, one of Frans Hals's most engaging pictures, hangs on public view the year ...

Despite some out-of-touch-uncle vibes, LA’s longest-running fair has a robust non-commercial section, affordably priced prints, and other delights.

The American painter famous for his "drip technique" died in 1956. The post Jackson Pollock put hidden images in his art possibly linked to being bipolar appeared first on Talker.

The Cincinnati Art Museum's discovery of a 400-year-old "magic mirror" reveals the image of a Buddha when light is shone on it in a particular way.