Art
How Painting Portraits of Freedom Fighters Became William H. Johnson’s Life’s Work
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together the Black Modernist painter’s most famous series for the first time in more than 75 years
See the Messages NASA Will Send to Space on Its Upcoming Mission to Europa
A metal plate affixed to the Europa Clipper is engraved with a poem, tributes to scientists and waveforms representing the word "water" in 103 languages, among other drawings
Spanish Police Shut Down a Crime Ring Accused of Selling Fake Banksy Artworks
The suspects allegedly recreated the famous street artist's work using spray paint and cardboard to rake in over $10,000
Ten Wild Facts About Octopuses: They Have Three Hearts, Big Brains and Blue Blood
These bizarre creatures have been around for hundreds of millions of years, and for humans, they’ve inspired horror, admiration and culinary prestige
From the Inventor of Mass-Market Paper Bags to a Scientist Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Polio, Meet Five American Women Whose Remarkable Achievements Have Long Been Overlooked
The inaugural exhibition at the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum seeks to shine light on lesser-known historical figures
Pro-Palestinian Activists Damage Balfour Portrait at Cambridge University
The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a pivotal declaration of British support for a "national home for the Jewish people"
This Banksy Mural Was Salvaged From the Wall of a London Office Building
Conservators have been working for a year to restore "Happy Choppers," which is going to auction on March 20
Rare 'Jungle Book' Watercolor Goes on Display at Rudyard Kipling's Home in England
"The Return of the Buffalo Herd" is one of only four surviving illustrations from the book
This Cézanne Mural Was Hidden in the Walls of the Artist's Family Home
Workers found fragments of a naval scene while renovating the mansion in the south of France
See 15 Otherworldly Images From the Underwater Photographer of the Year Awards
A hunting monkey, 'kissing' scorpionfish and playful dolphins feature in just a few of the 130 striking photographs distinguished with honors in the competition
A New Digital Archive Will Preserve Stunning Murals and Street Art in the U.K.
Art U.K. is aiming to digitize and compile images of an ephemeral form of art
Magritte Masterpiece Featuring a Floating Baguette Goes to Auction
"L'ami intime" could fetch $63 million at an upcoming sale celebrating 100 years of Surrealism
A Lunar Lander Carrying Jeff Koons' Art Is Flying Toward the Moon
The spacecraft, which finally launched on February 15, is expected to touch down on February 22
Musée d'Orsay Breaks Attendance Records With Interactive Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
The show exploring the artist's final works featured an interactive recreation of the painter trained on hundreds of his letters
This Ancient Cave Art Passed Survival Information Across 130 Human Generations in Patagonia, Study Suggests
Dating to as early as 8,200 years ago, the paintings may have maintained collective memories during an extremely dry period in history
Fantastical Art Joins Hundreds of Blooming Orchids to Shed Light on Conservation Efforts
Smithsonian Gardens’ 28th annual orchid exhibition is underway at the Kogod Courtyard
Ken Burns Turns His Lens to Leonardo da Vinci
An upcoming two-part documentary will be the filmmaker's first foray into a non-American subject matter
Climate Activists Stage Protest in Front of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'
Two men taped images of flooding in Tuscany to the Renaissance painting's protective glass
Inside the Biggest Art Fraud in History
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here's how investigators unraveled the incredible scam
The First A.I.-Generated Art Dates Back to the 1970s
A new show at the Whitney showcases the visionary who devised the art world’s first artificial intelligence
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