By Maurice Quentin de la Tour, 1750. NEW YORK — No major artistic medium enjoyed so fast a rise into almost universal acceptance as painting in pastels, which are something of a cross between ...

Currently on view in the project room at ART 3 in Bushwick are a half-dozen canvases by Deborah Brown, consisting of figures, some based literally, others emblematically, on the portrait styles of ...

LOS ANGELES — Eighteenth-century portraits of European elites are often imposing. Not unlike the paintings of today’s wealthy, they are meant to hang in homes with high ceilings and long hallways.

A portrait by one of the 18th century's best artists is expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction. The artwork was created in 1766 by Sir Joshua Reynolds and is of a woman called Letitia Sparrow.

O ne of Italy’s most famous museums is getting tougher when it comes to selfies. The Uffizi in Florence, home to masterpieces ...

The Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit, "Casanova's Europe: Art, Pleasure, and Power in the 18th Century," uses Giacomo Casanova's autobiography, "The Story of My Life" to guide museum-goers through ...

The museum's director said that “the problem of visitors coming to museums to make memes or take selfies for social media is ...

A man attempting to capture a picture of himself at the Florence gallery tripped and left a hole in a work by Anton Domenico ...

The empress, along with Queen Victoria, also loved dressing up in period costumes, especially from the 18th century; she models an ornate golden gown in a portrait from 1854.

A tourist accidentally damaged a painting at the Uffizi in Florence after he tripped while posing for a photograph.