To class-obsessed British traditionalists at the turn of 1800, the painting was a spectacular metaphor for the shining evil ...

A haunting tour of the visual works from the Wellcome Collection exploring Halloween’s imagery through art, history, and ...

The walls of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s parlor were filled with mirrors of all sizes; the dining room decorated with black ...

The agreement conferring ownership of two ceramic vessels by David Drake sets “a new standard for ethical restitution.” The ...

An 18th-century wax model became both a medical teaching tool and a haunting symbol of beauty, science, and control ...

The Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2025 reads like a snapshot of an art world at a hinge moment—between ...

Francis Bacon and David Hockney drove results at Sotheby’s, as the three major houses collectively posted a 22 percent ...

The story of Dolores Chiappone’s turbulent life, who turned suffering into art through self-made magic ...

A key figure in Filipino neo-realism, Luz also co-founded and directed many of the country's leading art spaces ...

Autumn is a real mushroom season, so let’s have a look at some tasty, quirky and trippy fungi paintings that will inspire you to go mushroom hunting or prepare some tasty meals. Yayoi Kusama’s playful ...

After five years, the institution invited the public for a 24-hour marathon celebration to inaugurate its new boxy, 146,000-square-foot home. The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents View Finding: ...

Books tell stories, convey knowledge and emotions, are windows onto new worlds and conceptual creativity turns them into autonomous works of art. Since the 1960s, generations of artists have been ...