Genius is a word thrown around all too loosely, but that is how the pioneering Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck is regarded by scholars. His majestic, mesmeric Ghent Altarpiece, completed in 1432, changed ...

London’s National Gallery, home of Western masterpieces from the 13th to early 20th centuries, will build a new wing to accommodate an “expanded collection” with an infusion of £375 million (~$500 ...

The Van Eyck brothers’ body of work gives incredible insight into medieval religious thinking, as well as documenting the changing nature of oil painting (The National Gallery) Standing alongside me ...

State-of-the-art security allows visitors to get closer than ever to Jan van Eyck's breathtaking miniatures and masterpieces in a blockbuster exhibition in Ghent that reunites his best works. The ...