In an interview with Apollo in 2017, four years before his death, the American artist Wayne Thiebaud claimed that ‘the art world is not much interested in humour […] to its disadvantage’.

They are captured singing and playing, in a fleeting moment of tenderness. Now a pair of unusually intimate portraits by 17th century Dutch master Frans Hals are on public sale – if you have at least ...

Haarlem-based portrait painter Frans Hals (1582-1666) was among the most famous artists in the Dutch Republic during his lifetime—not just for his mastery of portraiture, but for his total ...

From Rubens to Guardi, Frans Post to Frans Hals—a treasure trove of Old Masters, lovingly built up over decades, is heading to auction, where it is poised to shatter records. Sixty paintings ...

Aalsmeer – Meer dan 260 selfieportretten van Aalsmeerders kijken je vanaf 4 april aan in de oude zalen van het Frans Hals ...

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Posy of Flowers, with a Beetle, on a Stone LedgePICTORIALMany of us are familiar with titans of the Dutch Golden Age like ...