Few exhibitions have been more mythologized than the one that opened in a Parisian photography studio on April 15, 1874. There, over the course of a month, the trajectory of art was altered, launching ...

As grist for ticketed museum exhibitions, Impressionist painting remains as bankable as ever. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco can open "Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces From the Musée ...

They originated those starving artist shows 150 years ago. The critics hated their paintings, and for years nobody bought them. But today, those same canvases fetch multimillions, and Auguste Renoir, ...

Does the world need another show of Impressionist or Postimpressionist paintings? A pretty good case can be made that the answer is no. But “Impressionists on the Water,” at the Legion of Honor Museum ...

Edgar Degas, "Dancers on a Bench" (c. 1898), pastel on tracing paper; lent by Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums) on behalf of Glasgow City Council (photo © CSG CIC ...

Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir: some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that of their contemporaries, fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. But who were they really?

They may not have the star power of French impressionists such as Claude Monet, August Renoir and Camille Pissarro. These are the Pennsylvania impressionists, and if you haven't heard of Carroll ...

WE all talk a great deal about influences, in relation to both the artists who give and those who receive them; tabulating them adds a cozy sense of continuity to the rather chaotic history of art.

Discovery Center Museum and Rockford Art Museum employees and visitors gathered Friday at the Riverfront Museum Park to hear about a new immersive exhibition that will open in Rockford this spring.