Rossetti identified the subject of his Lady Lilith painting as Adam's first wife—"the witch he loved before the gift of Eve." The work (1866-68) was altered in 1872-73 to please patron Frederick ...

Nonetheless, the appreciation of styles and movements comes and goes in waves, often correlated with contemporary styles and sensibility. Among the most interesting examples of this phenomenon are the ...

A new show at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "Waking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites" from the Delaware Art Museum, amply and vividly portrays English taste in the second half of ...

LONDON — In 2019, museums ostensibly wrote women back into art history. In London we saw Dora Maar (Tate Britain), Lee Krasner (Barbican), and Dorothea Tanning (Tate Modern) all step out from behind ...

For an episode of the Art Angle podcast, we asked Artnet News writers and editors to tell us about one work of art that brings them joy. The following is a part of a series of transcripts of the ...

In 1854, at a time when divorce was considered taboo, Effie Gray went to court to annul her marriage to art critic John Ruskin. Gray cited the non-consummation of their wedding vows as justification ...

Catalog of the exhibition shown at the Seattle Art Museum, and elsewhere, organized and circulated by Art Services International. VISIONS OF LOVE AND LIFE : PRERAPHAELITE ART FROM THE BIRMINGHAM ...

Winifred Sandys, "White Mayde of Avenel" (after 1902), watercolor on vellum, 8 × 6 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935 (all images courtesy Delaware Art Museum) ...