From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...

Portugal-based artist Untitled.Save, who goes by his first name, Tiago, re-imagined iconic artists and their subjects as urban hipsters. In Untitled.Save's pieces, the "Mona Lisa" subject is a social ...

Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art has the power to breach boundaries, evoke certain emotions, and inspire ...

Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso created some of the most recognizable works of art in history. Their ...

Eighteen thousand years ago, our Ice Age ancestors practiced both cave art and cannibalism. Human remains found deep in a Polish cave bear unmistakable signs of butchery. These people came from the ...

Have your art and eat it too! You've most likely seen these classic paintings, but never quite like this. Emily Zauzmer, a writer and production assistant for "Good Morning America," first started ...

Flash-based webapp Psykopaint turns photos into beautiful paintings. Just like there’s a spectrum of art supplies from crayons to Connoisseur Kolinsky sable brushes, there’s a spectrum of painting ...

This famous Beatle has gotten really into painting since the heyday of the Fab Four. In fact, Paul McCartney has been committed to physical artistry for more than two decades. His interest in painting ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. Researchers looked at artists in the US across four domains: ...