Sculpture
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Re-envisioning the Statue of Liberty
Sculptor Danh Vo deconstructs the American icon
June 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Questions About Apollo
A stunning statue at the Cleveland Museum raises concerns about the acquisition of antiquities
May 10, 2012 |
By Henry Adams
Futurism Is Still Influential, Despite Its Dark Side
What's so great about the curve-filled, machine-inspired art movement that burst on the scene in the early 20th century and owes a lot to Cubism? Certainly not its founders' politics
April 24, 2012 |
By Henry Adams
Is a “Garden” the World’s Greatest New Artwork?
Francois Abelanet's extraordinary turf "sculpture" on a Paris plaza epitomizes a grand tradition of artful illusion
November 29, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
Bat Art Isn’t Bad Art
The genre of bat sculpture might not get much attention, but among the finest examples is a bronze by the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt
October 31, 2011 |
By Henry Adams
Making Beautiful Art out of Beach Plastic
Artists Judith and Richard Lang comb the California beaches, looking for trash for their captivating, yet unsettling work
July 14, 2011 |
By Jeff Greenwald
Ladew Topiary Gardens
Clipped hedges and a house full of antiques are the main attractions for this museum north of Baltimore, Maryland
June 2011 |
By Robert M. Poole
A Larger-Than-Life Toussaint Louverture
The Haitian revolutionary joins the Smithsonian Museum of African Art's collection
May 2011 |
By Owen Edwards
In Haiti, the Art of Resilience
Within weeks of January's devastating earthquake, Haiti's surviving painters and sculptors were taking solace from their work
September 2010 |
By Bill Brubaker
The Story of Thunder Mountain Monument
An odd and affecting monument stands off a Nevada highway as a testament to one man’s passions
April 09, 2010 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Sculpting Evolution
A series of statues by sculptor John Gurche brings us face to face with our early ancestors
March 2010 |
By Abigail Tucker
A Closer Look at Evolutionary Faces
John Gurche, a “paleo-artist,” has recreated strikingly realistic heads of our earliest human ancestors for a new exhibit
February 25, 2010 |
By Abigail Tucker
Drawn From Life
Artist Janice Lowry's illustrated diaries record her history—and ours
November 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
Looking for Leonardo
Are figures in a Florentine altar panel attributed to Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio actually by Leonardo da Vinci?
October 2009 |
By Ann Landi
Anne Truitt’s Artistic Journey
Balancing the two lives of a Washington, D.C. sculptor—1950s hostess and emergent artist
September 30, 2009 |
By Katy June-Friesen
Ancient Greece Springs to Life
Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity
September 22, 2009 |
By Jamie Katz
Leonardo’s Horse?
New research may shed light on a nearly century-old theory that a sculpture thought to be ancient Greek may be da Vinci’s work
September 18, 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
One Man’s Trash is Brian Jungen's Treasure
Transforming everyday items into Native American artwork, Jungen bridges the gap between indigenous and mass cultures
September 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
Q and A: Sculpture Artist Jean Shin
The artists creates sculptures from castaway objects such as old lottery tickets and broken umbrellas
July 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
A Creche Reborn
In rural Connecticut, a 300-year-old nativity scene is brought back to life by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
December 08, 2008 |
By Courtney Jordan
