We all need a bit of mood-boosting from time to time. Whether it’s finding our inner calm, rising above adversity, or just having a laugh, these artworks are sure to lift you up and improve your mood.

The 125 finely made artworks currently on loan to the Kimbell Art Museum from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts — mostly oil ...

It’s a salve to see people smiling in a museum exhibition, and smiling in an exhibition as serious and smart as Frans Hals at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Smiling people, whether they’re ...

The Laughing Cavalier stars in a show of the Dutch master's portraits at the Wallace Collection. I’m in London now, back for the first time since the Chinese coronavirus turned the world upside ...

Security was stepped up the last time Frans Hals's painting Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer was stolen from a small museum in the Dutch town of Leerdam. But it was not enough to stop art ...

This richly illustrated study is the first consider the manifold functions and meanings of Hals's distinctive handling of paint. Atkins explores the uniqueness of Hals's approach to painting and the ...