The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has been ...

Sam Gilliam was a famous American abstract painter known for his suspended canvases, soaked in acrylic paint. As a young ...

Abstract art has its roots in early ... both artists pushed at the boundaries of representation in subsequent paintings. In Braque’s Still Life with a Violin of 1910, recognisable elements ...