An exhibit in Boston highlights unpublished photos from the acclaimed <i>Life</i> magazine photographer
The winners of the 2014 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition capture a rat brain, the mouthparts of a vampire moth and other small wonders
From courting penguins to moody icebergs, photojournalist Camille Seaman shares her personal journey through polar habitats
William Mortensen’s grotesque, retouched photos of celebrities were a far cry from the realism favored by the photography elite
The early human <em>Homo erectus</em> also made the oldest known shell tools half a million years ago
Artist Kim Cadmus Owens celebrates the places we ignore
In the 1960s, when artist Kenneth Snelson mingled architectural innovation with abstraction, the result was heavenly
The young Nigerian-American artist wins one of the Smithsonian's most prestigious awards.
A missed connection or delayed arrival doesn't have to ruin your time at the airport, especially if your airport has an art show
With depleting mines, turquoise, the most sacred stone to the Navajo, has become increasingly rare.
A photographer teamed up with scientists to figure out the fluid dynamics behind patterns left in whisky glasses
Curator Dorothy Moss gives a hint at what the jurors might be thinking in this high-stakes competition
The famed artist drew on his extensive travels to paint “America Today”
A look into the history of the pigments used in spectacular art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibition explores mankind's relationship to birds and the natural world
The artist's famous sculpture is both on view and the subject of a new theatrical performance
At the American History Museum, an installation reimagines the life story of a Latina artist and writer
Women looking to work, vote and marry whomever they wanted turned the Halloween icon into a powerful symbol
In a new book, San Francisco-based photographer Susan Middleton captures the curious gestures and expressions of marine invertebrates
Born profoundly deaf, the self-taught artist's body of work depicts his unique relationship to the world around him
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