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The “Mona Lisa” has been in the news a lot lately. Thanks to a new Leonardo da Vinci exhibition appearing at the Louvre—commemorating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s [...]

Is the popularity of the “Mona Lisa” ruining the Louvre? Michael Patrick Shiels, the host of the popular iHeartRadio program “Michigan’s Big Show,” had Park West Gallery Founder [...]

Park West artist Csaba Markus is known for painting ethereal and beautiful portraits of women, carrying on techniques from the old masters. When asked, Markus has a quick answer for why women are [...]

Art history is full of wild tales and fascinating figures, which can make it tough to determine what is fact and fiction about artists. Some of these stories endure because they remind us of the [...]

When someone is described with the adjective “Renaissance,” it means they’re someone who has an unusually wide range of talents. For artist Csaba Markus, however, the term “Renaissance man” takes [...]

An Illuminated Manuscript is a beautifully crafted book, but it’s also so much more—it’s a literal piece of art history. Illuminated manuscripts are hand-crafted books with pages that feature [...]

Park West Gallery artists inspire collectors all over the world, but what art inspires the artists? How do they answer the question, “What’s your favorite work of art?” We asked four different [...]

For the first 15 years of his career, Csaba Markus didn’t sign his art because he was unsure of its quality. Today, Markus’ signature is the finishing touch on an innovative new medium he is [...]

The public can once again admire masterpieces such as the “Mona Lisa” with the reopening of the Louvre in Paris after flooding forced the museum to close. Louvre officials reopened the museum on [...]

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