On Feb. 28, 1926, the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego opened in Balboa Park. One century later, it’s thriving and expanding ...

For over a year, climate activists in Britain have performed stunts in museums to draw attention to their cause. They’ve often damaged frames, and now appear to have damaged a painting, too. By Alex ...

A full-length portrait painted by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez of Queen Isabel de Borbón, the wife of Spain’s King Philip IV, is expected to fetch $35 million when it heads to auction at Sotheby’s ...

Diego Velázquez’s “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652-53), a monumental portrait of the daughter of the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand III, is at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., through March 24 ...

Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734. Las Meninas ...

A portrait of a Spanish queen painted by Diego Velázquez, the 17th-century artist celebrated for his depictions of Spain’s royal family, is expected to shatter his auction record when it goes up for ...