Cupid, the mythological god of love and desire, has fascinated and inspired artists since antiquity. While Valentine’s Day gets its title from its eponymic saint, the holiday’s universal mascot is the ...

Johannes Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was not alone. Experts are currently uncovering an image of a large cupid that was hanging on the wall behind her. More than two and a half ...

For around three centuries, the girl reading a letter in the dimly-lit solitude of a Johannes Vermeer painting gave no indication of what the message contained. Facing an open window, her figure ...

They didn’t need to be an artist to participate. They only needed a heart. For the first two weeks of February, local ...