Famous Artists

Van Gogh’s $180 Million Painting

Vincent van Gogh’s Châtaigniers en fleurs heads to Sotheby’s with expectations around $180 million. Could this rarely seen 1890 masterpiece become the most expensive Van Gogh ever sold at auction?

Edward Burtynsky — The Photographer Of The Industrial World

He photographs oil fields and shipbreaking yards from a helicopter and makes them look like abstract paintings. Then you realize what you're looking at. Edward Burtynsky is the most unsettling photographer alive.

Peter Lik Galleries — What to Expect Before You Visit

Walk into a Peter Lik gallery and the photographs seem to glow. Before you buy, learn how the lighting works, how current prints are made, what to know about editions, pricing, resale value and the questions you should ask.

Peter Lik Controversies — Phantom, Fake Moons, and the Resale Reality

A $6.5 million sale with no public record. Moons proven physically impossible by astronomers. Prints bought for $18,000 selling for $3,500. The Peter Lik controversies, explained fully.

Bob Ross — Life, Legacy, and the Joy of Painting

Before YouTube tutorials existed, Bob Ross sat down in front of a PBS camera and convinced millions they could paint. Thirty years later his paintings sell for over a million dollars and science has proven why watching him works.

10 Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold

A Surrealist violin joke sold for $12.4 million. A staged Afghan war scene sold for $3.67 million. The ten highest verified photograph sales in history, and the honest math on why Peter Lik's $6.5 million claim didn't make the list.

10 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold

A painting bought for $125 in 1958 sold for $450 million in 2017 — then vanished from public view. The full stories behind the ten most expensive artworks ever sold, from Nazi lootings to a bullet through Marilyn's forehead.

Cindy Sherman Conceptual Photographer

Cindy Sherman is the most photographed face in contemporary art history — and one of the few artists alive who can walk through Times Square completely unrecognized. The full story of the artist who used her own face to disappear.

Galen Rowell — The Light Traveler Who Changed Landscape Photography Forever

Picture the classic image of a landscape photographer: a large-format camera on a heavy wooden tripod, set up at a known overlook, waiting with infinite patience for the light to arrive. That image does not describe Galen Rowell. It describes a...

Thomas Kinkade: The Iconic American Artist - The Painter Of Light

He painted ten million reproductions of cozy cottages and glowing windows — and kept a vault of dark, troubled paintings that nobody was allowed to see. The full story of Thomas Kinkade: the light, the empire, and what was hidden behind it.

Dorothea Lange. The Famous American Photographer

The Most Famous Photographers Of The Past Century

Imogen Cunningham The American Photographer

She photographed for 70 years, raised three children while making some of the most important botanical images in American art history, mailed Ansel Adams a marijuana plant, and was still printing at 93. Meet Imogen Cunningham.

Ansel Adams. More Than A Famous Landscape Photographer

Cant Afford Peter Lik Art? There Is An Alternative

Love the dramatic look of Peter Lik photography but not the gallery prices? Compare Peter Lik and Jongas print quality, limited editions, large acrylic prints and one-of-one art.

Man Ray Photography

Man Ray discovered his most famous technique by complete accident, in a Paris darkroom, in under a minute. He spent the rest of his life resenting that it made him famous. The full story of the photographer who wanted to be a painter.

Andy Warhol Photography

Andy Warhol didn't just make art about mass production — he ran his studio like a factory and dared the art world to tell him the difference. The full story, from Campbell's Soup to $195 million, including the private man nobody expected.