A 155-year-old letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to the banker and collector George Rae is going on show in Liverpool this week, explaining why the Pre-Raphaelite artist couldn’t make a meeting and ...

The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs. By Deborah Solomon As a title for a museum exhibition, “Vermeer’s Love ...

This morning several news outlets — including Artsy, Frieze, and Out Magazine — published parts or all of an open letter allegedly written by artist Dana Schutz asking the co-curators of the 2017 ...

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Johannes Vermeer, "Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid" (c. 1670–72), oil on canvas; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (image © National Gallery of Ireland ...

[Photogravure on p. 21 depicts a male figure in historical costume, with a look of confusion on his face. He stands with his left foot upon an undetected letter.] Drawings and Paintings, by Francis B.

The team at the Potomack Company auction house knew they had something special: a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette. The Founding Father had written to the French ...

A pivotal letter from Oscar Howe, whose work is the focus of a new exhibition, demanded the right to free expression and the art world began to listen Susannah Gardiner - Museums Correspondent Dance ...