Fifty U.S. Museums Champion Feminist Art Ahead of 2020 Election
Curators are banding together to organize feminism-inspired exhibitions and events in fall 2020
Architecture and Math Show the Bayeux Tapestry Was Designed to Decorate a Cathedral
A new study proposes a convincing explanation for the 11th-century tapestry’s creation
Why Viewers Are Drawn to Renaissance Artists’ Go-To Pose
A new study finds that the contrapposto stance reduces the waist-to-hip ratio, an attribute popularly associated with attractiveness
Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging Above Woman’s Hot Plate Sells for $26.8 Million
Experts say the panel painting was created by Florentine artist Cimabue around 1280
Why the Rare Works of Maria Oakey Dewing Are Worthy of a Reconsideration
Smithsonian Provost John Davis takes a closer look at the painter, who described herself as a “garden-thirsty soul.”
Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ Is Headed to the Louvre Despite Italian Scholars’ Protests
Some researchers say the roughly 530-year-old drawing is too fragile, light-sensitive to travel
Renaissance Nun’s ‘Last Supper’ Painting Makes Public Debut After 450 Years in Hiding
The 21-foot canvas, created by self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli, is now on view in Florence
Research Reveals Vincent van Gogh’s Artistic Governess
Anna Birnie, daughter of an artist, taught Vincent and his siblings for three years, including lesson on drawing
The “Versailles of Dresden” Has Been Rebuilt, 74 Years After World War II
The opulent royal apartments at the Residential Palace were Augustus the Strong’s attempt to project and prolong his power
Study Shows U.S. Museums Still Lag When It Comes to Acquiring Works by Women Artists
Between 2008 and 2018, artwork by women represented just 11 percent of acquisitions and 14 percent of exhibitions at 26 major museums
New Biography Spotlights Jo Bonger, Sister-in-Law Who Helped Rescue van Gogh From Obscurity
Bonger, wife of van Gogh’s brother Theo, described her mission as ‘getting [Vincent’s work] seen and appreciated as much as possible’
Why the Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use the Term ‘Dutch Golden Age’
The museum contends that the moniker, which is often used to describe the Dutch Republic in the 17th century, ignores the brutalities of the period
The Man Who Mentored da Vinci Receives First U.S. Retrospective
National Gallery of Art spotlights Andrea del Verrocchio, a skilled sculptor and painter whose individual accomplishments have long been overlooked
Help Find the Owners of More Than 100 Recovered Artworks
Stolen around Los Angeles in 1993, the paintings and antiques were recently recovered by LAPD when some were brought to an auction house
The Met Is Hiring Its First Full-Time Curator of Native American Art
The ideal candidate will have ‘[d]emonstrable connections with descendent communities’
Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America
As the orphaned child of a black father and a Native-American mother, Lewis rewrote the 19th-century definition of sculptor
The Term ‘Museum’ May Be Getting Redefined
But experts are divided on the proposed new definition
Thanks to the Hopper Hotel Experience, You Can Now Spend a Night at the Museum
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will host guests in a 3-D recreation of Edward Hopper’s 1957 painting, ‘Western Motel’
Imaging Reveals Leonardo da Vinci Wrestled With the Composition of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’
Two underdrawings detected using high-tech imaging techniques show he altered the figures twice before painting
The Fierce Pride and Passion of Rhinestone Fashion
In this episode of ‘Re:Frame,’ Smithsonian curators investigate the intentionality and agency behind the clothing we wear
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