16 Fascinating Facts About Renoir’s ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’
Set in a real-life cafe overlooking the Seine, the painting captures a joyous moment among friends—but the history around this iconic Impressionist work makes it all the richer.
Set in a real-life cafe overlooking the Seine, the painting captures a joyous moment among friends—but the history around this iconic Impressionist work makes it all the richer.
Salvador Dalí had a lot of interesting things to say about art, ambitions, and more.
A 1904 essay contest may be indirectly responsible for what's happened to your grandmother's dining room.
If you’ve ever found yourself chuckling at the angry man-heads on human babies in medieval art, the joke is actually on you.
From 'Casablanca' to 'The Bride of Frankenstein,' these are the movie posters collectors are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to own.
If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb.
Picasso and his Blue Period have nothing on Yves Klein, who created art almost exclusively in a shade of his own invention.
Bill Watterson's classic strip only ran for 10 years. It's still as popular as ever.
‘Les Femmes d’Alger’ (‘Women of Algiers’) isn’t a single artwork, but a series of 15 paintings—though one is more famous than the others.
Winston Churchill so hated Graham Sutherland’s likeness of him that he had it set on fire.
When readers failed to warm to a new 'Peanuts' character, Charles Schulz erased her. Permanently.
From St. Louis’s City Museum to the Little Debbie Park in Collegedale, Tennessee, discover the most unique playgrounds for kids across the United States.
Clichés may be annoying in everyday life. But within the scope of this clever illustration, you'll be excited to find them.
Art conservators for the UK’s Royal Collection were in for quite a surprise when they set about cleaning a 17th-century oil painting.
Whether you love or hate this Easter candy, there’s no denying that marshmallow Peeps are an iconic part of the holiday.
The master of Americana often drew on real people for inspiration, including one little boy who grew up to be the chairman of Nintendo.
What caused the “flaming clouds of blood and swords” that inspired Edvard Munch to paint 'The Scream'?
Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow delighted Victorian audiences with his toned physique and weightlifting skills. But his statue at the British Museum didn’t last long.
Plenty of nepo babies have earned their places in history. But it’s always good to acknowledge the doors open to people who have rich relatives—or whose dad knows the manager of a clogging troupe.
Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”
American writer Gertrude Stein left a profound mark on 20th-century modernism through her literary work and her enthusiastic patronage of avant-garde art. Read on for more facts about her idiosyncratic life.
Traveling with two sharp sticks can get a little tricky.
René Magritte’s surrealist masterpiece is his most recognized painting—but you may never get to see the real thing.
U2 was at a breaking point when “One,” which has been repeatedly named one of the greatest songs of all time, brought the band back together.