This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer. A dazzling discovery has ...

A dazzling discovery has captivated the art world as Sir Anthony van Dyck’s Andalusian Horse—his first grand-scale depiction of a lone horse—... With more than 100 works on display, the European show ...

Amman’s lion is just one of many animal sketches on display. The great Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck’s drawing titled Head and Forequarters of a Grey Horse (c.1618) – which became a study ...

At this commercially auspicious moment, Art Dealer Godfrey Phillips of London ordered sent from Belgium a canvas by Sir Anthony Van Dyck which he intended to buy for $100,000. The picture ...

In July 1624, two artists met in Palermo during an outbreak of plague which killed thousands of people, including the city’s ruler. The younger artist, Anthony Van Dyck, made a quick pen and ink ...