Art
Exhibition Cuts Into the Fascinating History of Scissors
Fashion and Textile Museum traces scissors’ role in life and death, fairy tales, crime and punk
The Presidential Portrait That Was the 'Ugliest Thing' L.B.J. Ever Saw
Lyndon Johnson’s cantankerous nature carried over to even the more engaging parts of being Commander in Chief
A Powerful, Three-Story Video Installation Will Transform the Hirshhorn
The giant projection by Polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko returns to the museum for the first time in 30 years
Life-Size Camel Carvings Found in the Saudi Desert
Archaeologists estimate the reliefs are 2,000 years old but are unsure what culture made them
What to Know About 5Pointz Graffiti Collective's Big Win at Court
A federal judged ruled Monday on the whitewashing of the internationally known graffiti site by a New York developer
Exhibition to Reveal da Vinci’s Invisible Drawings
The UK show will mark the largest display of da Vinci’s work in more than 65 years
The Obamas' Official Portraits Break New Ground With Their Boldness
A picture-perfect reveal ceremony was by turns heartfelt and humorous
New Met Exhibition Transports You to the Korean Peninsula's Diamond Mountains
The North Korea resort destination has been inaccessible to tourists for nearly a decade
Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Capture the Unflinching Gaze of the President and First Lady
The nation's first African-American presidency is marked by two prominent African-American portraitists
Hirshhorn's Redesigned Lobby Sheds New Light on a Classic Washington D.C. Building
The Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, known for his pensive images, is taking on the role of architect and designer
New Museum in Southern France Will House More Than a Thousand Works by Pablo Picasso
The Musée Jacqueline et Pablo Picas, which is expected to open in 2021, will include a trove of works inherited by the artist's stepdaughter
Meet the 2018 Olympic Artists in Residence
Four artists who are also athletes will make art by Olympians for Olympians at the PyeongChang Olympics
The Cleveland Museum of Art Wants You To Play With Its Art
The digital-savvy museum is using more than a dozen interactive games to collect data on how visitors digest artwork
One of the World's Oldest "Crayons" Colors in Details of the Mesolithic World
An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre
Wendell Castle, The Man Who Made Furniture Dance, Dead at 85
The haunting sculpture <em>Ghost Clock</em> is a favorite Smithsonian artwork and a powerful example of the artist’s skill and craft
The Ugliest Sculpture Ever, Says the Portrait Gallery’s Director
A bizarre sculpture of a baby Hercules strangling two snakes set this art historian on a course of discovery
The Unsung Inspiration Behind the "Real" Rosie the Riveter
Historians pay tribute to the legacy of Naomi Parker Fraley, who died Saturday at 96. In 2015, she was linked, circumstantially, to the We Can Do It poster
Why Is Some Art So Bad That It’s Good?
Sometimes a work of art is characterized by a string of failures, but nonetheless ends up being a gorgeous freak accident of nature
These Billboards Could Be the First to Feature Immersive Virtual Reality Drawings
Tandem billboards on Sunset Boulevard play host to a fascinating new public art installation
Here's My Problem With the Google Arts & Culture Face-Matching App
Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers ideas to make it better
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