Art Meets Science
These Beautiful Maps Capture the Rivers That Pulse Through Our World
Cartographer Robert Szucs creates colorful maps of the watersheds that creep across states, countries, continents and the globe
Study Finds Paintings Featuring Blue and Red Hues Sell for the Most Money at Auction
There's green to be found in shades of red and blue
Birds and Humans Are Depicted Together in This Rare Scene From 12,000 Years Ago
Researchers believe the discovery, detailed in a new study, represent an "exceptional milestone in European Paleolithic rock art"
Physicists Come Up With Intriguing Way to Measure Art's Evolution
By mapping the complexity and entropy of 140,000 paintings created between 1031 and 2016, the researchers demonstrated the interaction of art movements
Experts Think This 'Nude Mona Lisa' Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
Previously attributed to his students, close examination of the charcoal drawing shows a left-handed artist created most of the artwork
Dornith Doherty's Mesmerizing Photos Capture the Contradictions of Seed Banking
"Archiving Eden," now at the National Academy of Sciences, shows how guarding against an ecological catastrophe is both optimistic and pessimistic
113 Museums Transformed Illustrations From Their Collections Into Free Coloring Pages
This year's #ColorOurCollections campaign features fantastical drawings of mythical flora and fauna, grotesque medical sketches
Revealed: Leonardo da Vinci's Reddish-Brown Thumbprint
The inky impression made on an anatomical drawing of a woman will go on view to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist's death
Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' Is No Longer Cleared for Takeoff
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam's version has been deemed too fragile to travel
Rembrandt Used Unexpected Ingredient to Create His Signature Technique
New analysis shows the Dutch master added lead carbonate plumbonacrite to his impasto mix
College Basketball Player Lends a Limb to Armless Roman Statue
The 6-foot-9 forward for North Carolina State University posed for a 3-D reconstruction of the sculpture’s missing arm
Sorry, the Mona Lisa Is Not Looking at You
A new study suggests the famous painting's eyes don't follow viewers around the room but are looking off to their right instead
This New Technique Could Revolutionize the Future of Art Reproduction
RePaint renders reproductions in color four times closer to the original than the next-best tool
This Sculptor Imagines Brain Waves in 3-D
Julia Buntaine Hoel depicts the electrical activity of the brain in <i>Wave(s)</i>, on display at Smithsonian's "The Long Conversation"
Facial Recognition Software Is Helping Identify Unknown Figures in Civil War Photographs
Civil War Photo Sleuth aims to be the world’s largest, most complete digital archive of identified and unidentified Civil War-era portraits
New Catalogue Describes Everything We’ve Sent Into Space
Entries include Doritos’ advertisement, Klingon Opera invitation, Beatles song
British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons
Campaign is expected to launch across the entire U.K. by 2023
Christie's Is First to Sell Art Made by Artificial Intelligence, But What Does That Mean?
Paris-based art collective Obvious’ ‘Portrait of Edmond Belamy’ sold for $432,500, nearly 45 times its initial estimate
Canadian Doctors Will Soon Be Able to Prescribe Museum Visits as Treatment
An afternoon of art may offer serotonin mood boost, welcome distraction from chronic pain
This Golden Canopy Could Power 500 Homes
Architects propose a new sustainable landmark on a Melbourne beach that is both public art and a power plant
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