Georgia O'Keeffe

Alma-Tadema, The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888. Oil on canvas.
Rose Symbolism Throughout Art History
If one symbol represents love, power, royalty, beauty, sensuality, and mysticism–it is the rose. This slide show will focus on the prominence of roses in Western art from the first millennium BCE to…
Installation view, Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art. Brooklyn Museum, opens October 4, 2024.
Reframing Complicated Narratives for a Contemporary Audience at Brooklyn Museum

Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art reimagines 400 artworks from the permanent collection of…

Left: Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), Pelvis with the Distance, 1943. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, gift of Anne Marmon Greenleaf in memory of Caroline Marmon Fesler. Right: Henry Moore (1898-1986), Working Model for Oval with Points, 1968-1969. The Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadam, England, gift of the artist, 1977.
Discovering the Shared Inspiration of Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore
An exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts explores the parallels between the work of Modernist giants Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore.
Pablo Picasso, Femme à la montre, 1932. Detail of face. Oil on canvas. 51 ¼ x 38 inches.
The Top Selling Works at Auction in 2023 and More Art News
Here are the top news stories from the past week.
Pablo Picasso, Femme à la montre 1932, oil on canvas, 51 ¼ x 38 inches. Courtesy of Sotheby's.
Collection of Art Patron Emily Fisher Landau to Bring in $400 Million at Auction
This fall, over one hundred works from the collection of art patron Emily Fisher Landau will come to auction at Sotheby’s where they are estimated to bring in over $400 million.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe's Early Works Reveal Her Greatness
Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) through August 12, 2023, presents 120 of the artist’s works on paper including charcoal, watercolor, pastel, and…
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz embracing under a tree
12 Famous Artists Who Fell in Love With Other Artists
There have been many famous, artistic love affairs and partnerships over the years. These relationships run the gamut from inspirational muses to creative partners to lovers and friends.
Alfred Stieglitz photograph portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe in a hat
Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Love and Art Amidst the Spanish Flu
In 1918 the Spanish Flu ravaged the world. But it was also in 1918 that Alfred Stieglitz was afflicted by love and began his nude photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe.
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Conservators Rush to Save Masterpieces
Through new technology, conservators at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum are leading a charge to preserve the deteriorating canvases of some the 20th century's greatest paintings.
Georgia O'Keeffe portrait
Mandela Effect Conspiracy Theorists Take Aim at Georgia O’Keeffe
Conspiracy theorists are citing Georgia O’Keeffe as an example of the so-called Mandela Effect.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s small, square oil on canvas titled Seaweed, organic forms in purple and green with white streak up the middle
Georgia O’Keeffe’s 'Seaweed' takes a Tangled Path to Auction
In New York on March 5, Sotheby’s will offer Georgia O'Keeffe's diminutive painting, estimated at $300,000-500,000, alongside more than one hundred works of art and personal effects from the…
Lorna Simpson (American, born in 1960), She, 1992.
"Women Take the Floor" Reframes Modern Art History at MFA Boston
Female artists are taking over the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) in a new exhibition addressing the pernicious problem of underrepresentation in art museums.
Lucian Freud, Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau), 1981-1983. Oil on canvas, 73 x 78 inches. Paul G. Allen Family Collection.
The Cultural Legacy Of Paul G. Allen, now at the Seattle Art Museum

SEATTLE, WA – The Seattle Art Museum presents…

Design for matchboxes of the restaurant La Fonda del Sol, Alexander Girard, 1960
Mid-Century Modern at its Best in "Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe"

(Santa Fe, New Mexico) - In May 2019 the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will present the traveling exhibition Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe,…

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The Art History Babes on Georgia O'Keeffe
Desert skulls, vagina flowers, and Alfred Stieglitz—The Art History Babes discuss the many fascinating layers to the artistic practice, philosophy, and partnerships of one of the most important…