Computers are good at many things, but painting has always been considered a distinctly human skill. Creating texture, blending, shading—these are all things the human hand is very adept at doing (ok, ...

A blurred image painting by German artist Gerhard Richter went on sale a year ago at Sotheby’s auction house. Collectors and art lovers raved about Richter’s unusual technique. The winning bid was an ...

Last week, scholars revealed an as-yet-unknown Rembrandt painting. The picture, which shows a man looking away, had the rich colors, subtle emotion, characteristic brushstrokes, and evocative play of ...

A long-lost painting of the world's oldest working digital computer has been rediscovered on the wall of a café in Manchester. The Harwell Dekatron computer, also known as the WITCH (Wolverhampton ...