I’ve been engaged for several months with the “back to basics” art movement known as classical realism. (You can read my latest post here). The first article I wrote on the subject appeared in the ...

Amid digital abstraction and A.I., collectors and creators are returning to the human touch of classical realism. Luc Castel/Getty Images “It comes down to reality,” Billy Joel sings in “New York ...

Teacups and saucers neatly stacked on a kitchen counter. Golden sunlight streaming through a hallway window. A blue hydrangea cutting resting in a paper cup. These are among the morsels of beauty ...

Copying someone else's work isn't cheating when the teacher tells you to do it. If you're an artist and the work you're copying is "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Jan Vermeer, for example, it's an ...