Art
In Fluke Accident, Sculpture of Whale Tails Saves Train From 33-Foot Plunge
Aptly named "Saved by the Whale's Tale," the art installation prevented a potentially deadly accident in the Netherlands
A 12th-Century Mason Created a Hidden Self-Portrait in Famed Spanish Cathedral
Over the past 900 years, millions of pilgrims walked through Santiago de Compostela Cathedral without spotting the secret carving
How Jean-Michel Basquiat and His Peers Made Graffiti Mainstream
A new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston explores how a network of young artists in 1980s New York City influenced hip-hop's visual culture
Step Into 'The Starry Night' and Other Vincent van Gogh Masterpieces
An upcoming installation at the Newfields museum in Indianapolis will immerse visitors in the Dutch artist's paintings
This $22,000 Book Features Life-Size Photos of the Sistine Chapel's Art
The pricey tome consists of three 25-pound, two-foot-tall volumes
Artist Fashions Nike Air Jordan 5s From Trash
Sculptor Andy Yoder's latest exhibition is a nod to the Great Shoe Spill of 1990 and the advances in ocean science that came from it
How Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Defined Mexican Art in the Wake of Revolution
A touring exhibition now on view in Denver traces the formation of Mexican modernism
Twelve Artworks and the Spooky Movies They Bring to Mind
Undead animals, creepy kitties, cyanotype cemeteries and other ghouls and creepy stuff to be found at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
These Newly Discovered Buddhist Temple Paintings May Be Among Japan's Oldest
Art historians used infrared photography to identify images that could date to around 685 A.D.
Why a German Museum Is Displaying Fake Paintings From Its Collections
A taboo-breaking exhibition at Cologne's Museum Ludwig spotlights misattributed Russian avant-garde works
Long-Lost Jacob Lawrence Painting Spent 60 Years Hanging in NYC Apartment
A museum visitor realized she'd seen the missing work—part of the artist's "Struggle" series—in her neighbor's living room
Shipwrecked Nazi Steamer May Hold Clues to the Amber Room's Fate
Divers have found sealed chests and military vehicles in the "Karlsruhe," which was sunk by Soviet planes in 1945
Spotlighting 500 Years of Women in British Art, From Tudor Portraitists to the Bloomsbury Group
A new show at London's Philip Mould & Company features works by Levina Teerlinc, Vanessa Bell and Clara Birnberg
Ralph Steadman's Earlier Work Shows the Artist's Abstract Streak
As a student, the future caricaturist tried his hand at a different type of brushwork
Why the Prado's Show on Women in Art Is Facing Accusations of Misogyny
Critics say the exhibition, centered on the Spanish art world between 1833 and 1931, echoes "the very misogyny it has sought to expose"
The Trailblazing French Artist Rosa Bonheur Is Finally Getting the Attention She Deserves
She was an international superstar. And then she was ignored. Now one family is working fervently to restore the forgotten genius to greatness
Meet the First Black Woman to Represent the U.S. at the Art World's Biggest Fair
Simone Leigh, whose large-scale ceramics explore black female subjectivity, will exhibit her work at the 2022 Venice Biennale
2,000-Year-Old Nazca Line Featuring Lounging Cat Found in Peru
The enormous glyph is one of hundreds of ancient etchings scattered across the arid region
Why Photographer Cindy Sherman Is Still the Queen of Reinvention
A retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton highlights the artist's manipulation of femininity and identity
Does Leonardo da Vinci's Missing Masterpiece Actually Exist?
New research suggests the artist completed preparatory work for "The Battle of Anghiari" but failed to finish the painting
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