Art Photography
Italian Museum Uses Cameras to Track How Visitors Engage With Art
A new A.I. system hopes to help curators determine artworks' "attraction value" and optimize gallery layouts
Take a Virtual Tour of Artworks Inspired by Efforts to Preserve Plant Biodiversity
A traveling exhibition showcases five artists whose creations engage with science and ecology
Meet the Woman Photographers Who Cataloged the 20th Century
A major exhibition at the Met and the National Gallery of Art spotlights 120 international artists, from Homai Vyarawalla to Lee Miller
How the Automobile Changed the World, for Better or Worse
New MoMA exhibition explores artists' responses to the beauty, brutality and environmental devastation of cars and car culture
Photographs Salvaged From Hurricane Katrina Recall Life in New Orleans
Making art out of disaster, two photographers reexamine these affectionate portraits of life in the Crescent City
The Sad Truths Behind These Unsettling Works of Art
A new exhibition reflects on the haunting aesthetics of human impact on the planet
Dazzling Illusion Creates Gaping Canyon Beneath the Eiffel Tower
Street artist and photographer JR unveiled his latest large-scale installation last month
These Are the Winners of Smithsonian Magazine's 18th Annual Photo Contest
From India to Antarctica, these pictures capture the passion, solitude and surprise of a year unlike any other
How a Sweeping Survey in NYC Redefines What It Means to Make 'Latinx' Art
A new triennial at El Museo del Barrio features a wide range of works by 42 artists and collectives
Major Donation to MoMA Spotlights a Century of Women Photographers
Newly announced gift of 100 works by 76 artists runs the gamut from photojournalism to experimental images
How Photography Tells the Story of the Civil War's Black Soldiers
A new book by scholar Deborah Willis features more than 70 photos, as well as letters, journal entries and posters
A Cider-Can 'Camera' Captured Eight Years in a Single Photograph
The ethereal snapshot, recorded by a drink can left in an observatory for almost a decade, may be the longest-exposure image ever taken
How Has Photography's Relationship With Nature Evolved Over the Past 200 Years?
A new exhibition at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery features more than 100 works documenting the natural world
Recreating Modernist Artwork by Photograph
Niko Luoma takes a fresh look at paintings that may seem stale
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
Take a Deep Dive Into This Awesome Example of 1970s Photorealism
Smithsonian's Carolyn Russo says to study this 1973 artwork by photorealist painter Audrey Flack is like looking at a plane spotting puzzle
Start With a Polaroid, Then Add Disinfectant. Here's the Result
A quarantined photographer makes the most of the harsh materials at hand to create a fragile portrait of life in a pandemic
Recreating a Suffragist's Barnstorming Tour Through the American West
Inez Milholland Boissevain's campaign to win the vote for women inspires a dramatic homage a century later
These Portraits Revisit the Legacies of Famous Americans
Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures' descendants
Native American Photographers Develop the Stories of Their People
Through their images, these artists combat the stereotypes perpetuated by American history and culture
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