Karen Chernick

Lubin has been a frequent figure at protests in Israel calling for a ceasefire and hostage deal.

The "first generation" of Surrealists included numerous women, many more than the 15 included here. Each had her own complex relationship with the movement.

While her peers focused on shiny cars and motorcycles, Flack painted lipsticks and compacts, jewelry and glassware: the everyday stuff of her life.

Caravaggio helped craft the dramatic Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation, but interest in him also stems from his reputation as a troublemaker.

The version of herself that she shared with the public, a distinct persona of bohemian Mexicanidad and liberal politics, is part of what still fascinates us today.

"Why should I paint dead fish, onions, and beer glasses?" Laurencin said of her subject matter of choice. "Girls are so much prettier."

Giotto helped revive naturalism in painting, bringing empathy and humanity, along with piercing observation, to his figures and illustrations of biblical stories.

After being missing for four decades, the painting's owner has said she plans to donate it to the Rhode Island School of Design.

What would she do if she could do anything, Charmion von Wiegand’s psychoanalyst asked her in 1927. “Why, paint, of course,” she answered. When he asked why she wasn’t doing that, she…

The centenary is May 31.