We usually look at art in the hushed, reverential surroundings of museums and galleries — and that, argues writer and art historian Simon... Simon Schama on the Unsettling 'Power of Art' We usually ...

Did you know that Mark Rothko relinquished $2.5 million so he could be true to the soul of his art? That Caravaggio was convicted of murder and incarcerated? Celebrated art historian and author Simon ...

Do paintings need to have human forms in them to represent humanity? Mark Rothko didn’t think so. In fact, he felt the people in paintings got in the way and that connection should be through a ...

We usually look at art in the hushed, reverential surroundings of museums and galleries -- and that, argues writer and art historian Simon Schama, can fool us into believing that great works of art ...