Fine Art Today

2017 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of the most celebrated painters of the Spanish Golden Age, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1671-1682). A number of international exhibitions are planned to pay tribute to the artist’s achievements, and the first just opened at the Frick Collection in New York City.

Portraits by notable artists such as Charles Wilson Peale, Charles Peale Polk, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, and Cephas Thompson feature during a significant exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Anderson Fine Art Gallery in Saint Simons Island, Georgia, is proud to soon be hosting the Eastern Regional Exhibition for the Oil Painters of America. When do festivities kick off and who’s represented? Find out here.

The Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is proudly presenting an important selection of lithographs by one of America’s most important artists of the mid-19th century. Who was he?

Avian marvels in a wide variety of styles and mediums are currently being showcased at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin. Who’s included?

Originally created for the east façade of the Baptistery in Florence, Italy, “The Gates of Paradise” by Lorenzo Ghiberti — a monumental pair of 17-foot gilded bronze doors — are considered a defining moment of the Italian Renaissance. How have they landed in Missouri?

The Harvard Art Museums recently announced they will receive a spectacular gift of 330 master drawings. The gift was made public by George S. Abrams, the esteemed Boston-based collector, at a dinner held on November 3 in his honor. Details of the acquisition here!

In this ongoing series for Fine Art Today, we take a longer look at the history and features of a soon-to-be-available artwork of note. This week we highlight a robust upcoming sale at Freeman’s.

In celebration of its fifth anniversary in the heart of Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation has made fine art enthusiasts very happy by boosting the collection’s accessibility. What’s the news?

Fine Art Today had a compelling conversation with an amazing landscape painter, who gave us detailed insight into her creative goals and processes that deserve quotation in full. You’re invited to bask in her tranquil illumination. Do you know her yet?