Chagall, Picasso, de Kooning, Dali—a master forger mimicked them all. For two decades, he duped art dealers and collectors. When he was caught, a new con began.

If the most financially and critically successful artists don’t feel successful, maybe there’s something wrong with how we think about success.

The artist M.C. Escher drew many lovely tilings, which he called regular divisions of the plane. He worked hard to ensure that his tilings were of lifelike animal forms such as birds and fish.