Art
'Washington Crossing the Delaware' Sails Toward the Auction Block—and Could Fetch $15 Million
The smaller version of the iconic painting was displayed at the White House for decades
You Can Now Explore an Open-Source Encyclopedia of 10,000 Years of South Asian Art
The online reference aims to make the region's masterpieces more accessible than ever
Traditionally Dyed Eggs Spring Into Action for Ukraine
The colorful folk art is a centuries-long custom
Why Was Erotic Art So Popular in Ancient Pompeii?
A new exhibition spotlights 70 examples of sensual imagery discovered in the Roman city
A Trio of Elizabeth Catlett Sculptures Convey the Power of Service to Humanity
Regarded as “guardians of the Black narrative,” the artworks greet visitors to NMAAHC’s Heritage Hall
Who Gets to Define Native American Art?
A pivotal letter from Oscar Howe, whose work is the focus of a new exhibition, demanded the right to free expression and the art world began to listen
Walmart Heirs Launch New Music Festival in Bid to Make Arkansas an Art Destination
FORMAT will bring big-name musicians, contemporary artists to Bentonville
A Dutch Teenage Painter's Multi-Million-Dollar Masterpiece Was Hidden in Plain Sight
The still life went unnoticed at an Australian school for 150 years
Ice Age Artists May Have Used Firelight to Animate Carvings
Researchers examined 15,000-year-old stone art and suggest the makers were inspired to show movement by dynamic lighting of the fireside environment
Venice Biennale Includes Last-Minute Exhibition of Ukrainian Art
Curators joined efforts to ensure artists could showcase their work, even during wartime
Fragment of Oldest-Known Maya Calendar Discovered in Guatemalan Pyramid
A glyph representing "7 Deer" marks the earliest known use of the historical system—for now
Iconic Portraits and Tiaras Tell the Stories of Britain's Indomitable Queens
As Elizabeth II celebrates 70 years on the throne, Sotheby’s takes a look back at royal history
This Pandemic Mapping Project Shows How Covid-19 Transformed Our Worlds
Hundreds of homemade maps reveal how people from around the globe found their ways through crisis
A Connecticut Mechanic Found Artwork Worth Millions in a Dumpster
Jared Whipple discovered the life's work of Francis Hines, a largely forgotten Abstract Expressionist artist
What Secrets Lie Beneath the Surface of Picasso's Blue Period Paintings?
An exhibition at the Phillips Collection reveals hidden compositions beneath three of the Cubist's canvases
This Guatemalan City Rolls Out Colorful Sawdust Carpets for Holy Week
The longstanding tradition brings a dazzling display to the streets of Antigua each spring
Nine Artists on What It Means to Create
Forty years of bringing critical attention to the nation's best-known makers in the arts is celebrated at this year's Smithsonian Craft Show
Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $1 Million for a Piece of Invisible Art
The receipt for one of Yves Klein's "Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility" was described by Sotheby's as an early NFT
Museum Renames Degas' 'Russian Dancers' in Nod to Ukraine
The change arrives amid a push for cultural institutions to recognize distinctions between Russian and Ukrainian culture
'Is It Cake?' Builds on a Lengthy Tradition of Visual Deception
The ‘fool the eye’ desserts hearken back to paintings from a period in American history when there was anxiety over fakes, fraudsters and misinformation
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