Kevin E. Davis doesn’t fixate on the Etch A Sketch’s left and right knobs when he sits down to draw. “I’m thinking about the line I want to draw, and my hands just make it happen,” says the ...

Caracol Televisión and DLO Productions have started shooting a bio series on Spain’s Raphael with Netflix to stream in Spain, ...

Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in favour of alternative media such as photography, video and installations, the artist stuck to her guns and, unapologetically, worked on canvases as large as ...

The art historian Matthew Holman makes a personal selection from the finest collection of its type—celebrated for the breadth ...

Raphael and Dürer struck up a long-distance friendship when they were at the peak of their popularity, living over 600 miles apart.

Franz Mesmer, who popularized “mesmerism,” was apparently fond of demonstrating his skills of hypnosis with a wand and a cape: all the better to sell his methods to a captivated audience.Raphael ...

The Connecticut museum exhibits stellar drawings from its holdings, spanning centuries and featuring such artists as ...

Art World The 10 Best Artworks by Raphael, Seraphic Genius of the Renaissance—Ranked A look at the Umbrian master's great, greater, and greatest paintings.

Raphael’s sketch of “David,” from behind, has slightly more proportional hands and feet; in his many studies based on the “Tondo,” the twisting Christ child is less muscular and the ...

I love an excuse to revisit an old favourite, even better when it offers a way of enjoying it in a new light. The Royal ...

Coming on loan from the National Gallery, this impressive large drawing will have its own room in the RA’s Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504 (9 November-16 February 2025).