His life was the stuff of Hollywood. His art is the stuff of dreams. Amedeo Modigliani, the Italian painter and sculptor, created groundbreaking works that rivaled or even surpassed those of Pablo ...

A major Amedeo Modigliani exhibition at the Doge’s Palace in Genoa has closed three days early after authorities confirmed that 21 of the 30 paintings on view were most likely fakes. The museum made ...

Amedeo Modigliani — his first name means “beloved of God” — became known soon after his death as le maudit — the cursed one. An Italian painter who lived in Paris just before and after World War I, ...

The Modigliani (pronounced, mode-eel-lea-ah-knee) who comes down to us is often seen as a relative lightweight among the dominating members of the avant-garde of the day -- figures including Picasso, ...

Modigliani was also friendly with Picasso, though not part of his inner circle. Picasso, who affected a workingman’s look with his patched clothes and fisherman’s sweaters, seems to have admired ...