The Musée d’Orsay has announced an exceptional series of new acquisitions, marking one of the most ambitious collection expansions in its recent history.

French impressionist Edgar Degas exhibited only one sculpture in his lifetime: “Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen.” But he loved sculpting in the privacy of his studio. In honor of the centenary of Degas’ ...

Edgar Degas, "Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet” (1868–69), oil on canvas, 25 9/16 x 27 15/16 inches; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (photo courtesy Kitakyushu Municipal Museum) Punctuation as ...

X-ray of Edgar Degas sculpture, “Arabesque over Right Leg, Left Arm in Front” (all images courtesy Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge) Edgar Degas, “Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Front” (ca ...

In 1875, Mary Cassatt was strolling along Boulevard Haussmann when a pastel drawing in a shop window caught her attention. “It changed my life,” the American expatriate would later say. “I saw art ...

Reporting from Washington — In 1877, when he was 43, the French impressionist Edgar Degas began stopping by the studio of the 33-year-old American Mary Cassatt and offering her a point or two that ...

Edgar Degas' Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer), c. 1878-1881 is the subject of a new show at the Kennedy Center starring Tiler Peck. National Gallery of Art, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The National Gallery’s imaginatively choreographed Degas & Miss La La is a triple delight: it tells the story ...

The fundamentals of ballet haven’t changed all that much since its invention in 15th-century Italy. Yet the popular image of this deeply traditional medium has been largely defined by the talents of ...

The Impressionist artist spent time in London, she pointed out, and she has always found his art a bit creepy. Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas, called Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French painter and sculptor ...

The Impressionist master has enchanted generations of art lovers, but a painting being offered at TEFAF in Maastricht enters a market that has its own rules. By Ted Loos Getting carried away while ...