Michelle Plastrik

The neoclassical painter illustrated more than a dozen pictures from Homer’s epic poem, but it was the storyline of Odysseus’s wife that she kept returning to.

On view through Oct. 18, 2026, it is the first major exhibition to spotlight the artist’s etching practice.

Spartali Stillman pushed the boundaries of watercolor, making her pictures rival the effects of oil paint.

The emperor Augustus’s pose has inspired portraits of subsequent leaders.

Skilled in sculpture, painting, architecture, and goldsmithing, the 15th-century artist inspired some of the greatest Italian Renaissance masters.

Among the first to incorporate opalescent glass, he designed unprecedented stained glass windows.

A chalice used for centuries in a French basilica is now a treasured piece at the National Gallery of Art.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit an early 20th-century paean to the architecture of ancient Greece.

Etruscan society loved music and banqueting, and their funerary art reflected their prosperous lifestyle.

A varied collection of fine and decorative art as well as rare books will be auctioned at Sotheby’s New York on June 24, 2026.