What Is Lithography? History, Process, and Essential Artists
Girl on a Balcony, Fernando Botero, 1983. Hand-signed and numbered lithograph, 38 × 26 cm. Edition of 200 copies. Work available in our ArtShop. Collecting graphic works requires looking beyond...
Cyanotype: What It Is, Its History, and How This Photographic Process Is Made
Anna Atkins, Thorea ramosissima, 1843–1853. Cyanotype on paper. Rijksmuseum, Netherlands. Public domain. Recognizable by its intense blue color, cyanotype photography is a historical process that combines photography, material experimentation, and...
15 Famous Female Painters Who Changed the Course of Art History
Mary Beth Edelson, Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper, 1972. Cut and pasted gelatin silver prints, crayon, and transfer letters on printed paper, with typed text on cut and taped...
Art Basel UBS Art Market Report 2026: A More Optimistic Art Market
Art Basel and UBS, together with Dr. Clare McAndrew, have published the annual report on the global art market. The study, prepared by Arts Economics, analyzes 2025 results and compiles...
Numbering in graphic art: key insights for collecting with confidence
Tree, by Alexander Calder, 1972. Hand-signed and numbered lithograph, 44 × 57 cm, edition of 75 copies. Work available in our Art Shop. Collecting graphic works means entering one of...
What Is a Triptych: Meaning, History, and Examples in Art
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, closed view, c. 1490-1500. Oil on panel. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. In the art and collecting market, the format of a...
Oil Paintings: History, Technique, and Great Masterpieces
Detail of the Mona Lisa or La Gioconda, Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-1519, oil on poplar panel, 79.4 × 53.4 cm, Louvre Museum, Paris; photo courtesy of Getty Images. Within...
PHotoESPAÑA 2026 in Madrid: Exhibitions to Escape the Heat
Bego Antón, de la serie Everybody Loves to ChaChaCha, 2015. ©Bego Antón Summer in Madrid has its own rhythm: long days, intense heat, and a desire to find plans that...
What do the big sales at Art Basel 2026 reveal about the art market
Pablo Picasso, Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage, 1963, at the Hauser & Wirth Booth at Art Basel 2026. Courtesy of Art Basel. Art Basel 2026 concluded its...