"Maria Lai. A Journey to America" at Magazzino Italian Art is the first North American museum show for the Sardinian artist.

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) A true artistic pioneer, Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman to be accepted into Florence's Art Academy (Accademia delle Arti).Despite suffering a harrowing ...

Using gentle, circular motions, an art restorer gently cleans the painting of a half-nude woman that was censored more than 300 years ago by a prudish descendant of Michelangelo. Advertisement.

Lavinia Fontana, who lived from 1552-1614, is seen as one of the very first women to make a career out of painting in Western art, and an outstanding representative of the Italian Renaissance ...