Elizabeth Provost is a visual arts journalist, editor, and scholar of the Italian Renaissance based in New York City and Toronto. She is a PhD student at the Bard Graduate Center. Learn more about her on her website: www.elizabethprovost.com
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Artemisia Gentileschi?
Elizabeth Provost 20 September 2025
Faces of Fame: 6 Lucian Freud Portraits of Celebrities Unfiltered
Lucian Freud stripped his subjects bare, both literally and metaphorically. Over his long career, the British painter captured the likenesses of...
Elizabeth Provost 29 April 2025
10 Crucifixions to Celebrate Good Friday
The Crucifixion has permeated practically every period and art movement. The desire to represent the suffering Christ enabled artists to drive and...
Elizabeth Provost 17 April 2025
5 Exhibitions Across the US You Can’t Miss This Spring
As winter fades and the days grow longer, spring invites us to step outside, shake off the chill, and immerse ourselves in something new. And what...
Elizabeth Provost 10 April 2025
5 Reasons to Visit New York’s Frick Collection This Spring
After closing its doors on 1 East 70th Street in New York in 2020, the Frick Collection is set to reopen its historic mansion on April 17, 2025,...
Elizabeth Provost 3 March 2025
10 Paintings That Capture Coffee’s Cultural Impact
Few beverages have shaped culture quite like coffee. Artists across centuries have captured coffee in paintings, from intimate domestic moments to...
Elizabeth Provost 27 February 2025