Two men look at, left, “Felicity Rainnie Reclining” (1972), and, right, “Imperial Nude: Paul Rosano” (1975) (all photos Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) Success! Your account was created and ...

Loretta Lux is a contemporary German photographer. Known for her hauntingly surreal, dream-like portraits, Lux’s photographs feature young children digitally altered to resemble the aristocratic ...

Twenty-five years ago in Rome, a man lugged a painting in a rubbish bag up a flight of stairs and sold it for $5.5m. The painting was a lavish 17th-century still life by Jan Davidsz de Heem, in ...