Articles

Salvador Dalí, Portrait of Mrs. Ann W. Green and her Son Jonathan, 1963 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Eleanor Brooks

Salvador Dalí's Portraits Ranked by the Backlas...

A ranking of Salvador Dalí's most controversial society portraits, from subtly unflattering likenesses to a commission the sitter's own family rejected.

Gustav Klimt, Old Man on his Death-Bed, c. 1899 via Arthive

Jack Lowry

The Most Haunting Deathbed Portraits in Art His...

A ranking of the most haunting deathbed portraits in art history, spanning royal commissions, anonymous painters, and one strikingly unconventional final entry.

Arshile Gorky, Water of the Flowery Mill, 1944  © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York via The MET

Eliza Warren

Ranking the Abstract Expressionists, Least to M...

Ten Abstract Expressionist painters ranked by today's cultural recognition, with a look at the postwar movement that shaped them all.

Paula Rego, The Maids, 1987. Courtesy Marlborough Fine Art, © Paula Rego via AWARE Centre Pompidou

Margaret Allen

The Top 10 Most Disturbing Expressions in Art H...

These paintings reveal how artists transformed human expression into something eerie, theatrical, psychologically charged, and profoundly unsettling.

Balthus (Balthusz Klossowski de Rola), Study for “The Salon”, 1941 © Balthus via Gagosian.

Samuel Reed

Our Curated Ranking of The Best Balthus Paintings

A ranking of Balthus’s most significant paintings, tracing his staged realism, psychological tension, and precise approach to modern figuration.

Raphael, Saint Sebastian, 1501-02 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Jack Lowry

Ranking Raphael’s Most Remarkable Sitting Portr...

A ranking of Raphael’s most remarkable sitting portraits, examining identity, patronage, and psychological presence across Renaissance painting.

Dorothea Tanning, On Time Off Time, 1948 via MoMA

Rebecca Levenson

Ranking Dorothea Tanning’s Best Underrated Pain...

An editorial ranking of Dorothea Tanning’s mid-20th-century Surrealist paintings that reveals the depth and ambition of her lesser-known works.

Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration in the Forest, detail, 1459. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie.

Rowan Whit

The Ten Greatest Christmas Paintings in Art His...

Our curated ranking of ten Christmas masterpieces that shaped sacred imagery. These works guided artistic innovation and defined the holiday's visual story.

W. Eugene Smith, Nurse Midwife series, 1951. “After another delivery Maude departed at four thirty in the morning, leaving the case in the care of another midwife.” © W. Eugene Smith/Life Pictures/Shutterstock. Via Life Magazine.

Julian Ashford

Four Must-Know Photo Essays That Changed Photog...

Four distinct photo essays reveal how photographers create full worlds through mood, structure, intimacy, and imagination. Each offers a unique vision of life.

 René Magritte, The False Mirror, 1929 © 2025 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York via MoMA

Clara V. Leone

10 Art Facts That Will Deepen How You See Painting

From Monet’s failing eyesight to Michelangelo’s hidden anatomy, these ten surprising facts reveal how science, chance, and rebellion shaped the history of art.