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Stories behind the art
All stories →The lives, rumors, and heartbreaks inside the paintings — told like someone who can’t wait to show you.
Who Was Joaquín Sorolla, the Painter of Light?
The Valencian orphan who painted the sun better than anyone, filled New York with crowds in 1909, and then was nearly forgotten.
The Best Art Museums in Southern California (and What to See at Each)
Six museums between San Diego and Pasadena, with the one painting worth the drive at every stop.
Why Did Artemisia Gentileschi Paint Judith Beheading Holofernes So Many Times?
A biblical widow, a sleeping general, and the seventeenth-century woman who returned to the scene again and again.
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What people are saying about the works in the gallery.
“Is she turning toward us or away? I have looked at this a hundred times and I still cannot decide. I think that is the w…”
Isabella Fuentes · ♥ 9 · on Johannes Vermeer — Girl with a Pearl Earring
“The Ferris Bueller painting! I know it is so much more than that, but that scene of Cameron staring at the little girl i…”
Nicole Barnes · ♥ 8 · on Georges Seurat — A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
“Stood in front of this in New York years ago and the line was 45 minutes. Worth every second. What surprised me is how t…”
Marcus Bell · ♥ 7 · on Vincent van Gogh — The Starry Night
“I taught this painting to high schoolers for twenty years. Every year someone would point out that the room looks crooke…”
Joan Whitaker · ♥ 6 · on Vincent van Gogh — Bedroom in Arles
“Unpopular opinion after seeing her in person: the crowd is the artwork. Three hundred phones in the air and she just sit…”
Brian Kelly · ♥ 6 · on Leonardo da Vinci — Mona Lisa
Amedeo Modigliani — Nude on a Blue Cushion · National Gallery of Art
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