What it Took to Create the World’s First Gay Art Museum
Charles Leslie’s passionate half-century of homoerotic art collecting offers a mirror for the history of gay history itself
This Is How You Live Paint an Event
Artist Jeremy Sutton painted on his iPad while musicians performed and visitors played virtual reality games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
How the Internet Tracked Down the Designer of the Beloved Jazz Paper Cup
Meet Gina, the woman behind the iconic paper cup pattern
An Abandoned Island Now Glows Star-Bright Under a New Constellation
Artist Melissa McGill creates a luminous public art project above a ruined castle on a mysterious piece of land in the Hudson River
Did an Auction of Hitler’s Art Go Too Far?
A collection of Hitler’s paintings just sold for $450,000
An Art Dealer Just Found a Forgotten Monet Pastel Hidden Behind Another Drawing
The pastel depicts a lighthouse and jetty near Monet’s childhood home
Is This a Photograph of Vincent Van Gogh?
Some scholars think the camera shy artist can be spotted in an image taken by an amateur photographer, while others disagree
Shine On: Jeff Koons in Bilbao
Frank Gehry’s titanium-clad Guggenheim plays host to a stunning survey of Koons’s larger-than-life career
Why Taxidermy Is Being Revived for the 21st Century
A new generation of young practitioners is leading a resurgence in this centuries-old craft
Destroyed Buddha Statues Are Coming Back to Life in Afghanistan as Beautiful 3D Projections
3D light projections recreate a pair of statues destroyed by the Taliban
Whistler’s Peacock Room is Reimagined in a State of Oozing and Broken Decay
In Filthy Lucre, a new installation at the Sackler Gallery, artist Darren Waterston deconstructs Whistler’s masterpiece
Museums Issue Most-Threatened List of Iraqi Treasures
Seven types of cultural objects are under threat from the Islamic State and instability in Iraq
Does Planet Earth Need Its Own Flag?
Some think we need a universal flag to stake our claim in space
Lisbon Artists Are Teaching Graffiti Classes for the Elderly
Grannies learn about street art history and how to tag walls
Seven Works of Art to Visit That Use Discarded Junk to Create Masterpieces
One person’s trash is another person’s artistic inspiration
Iranian Exile Shirin Neshat’s New Exhibition Expresses the Power of Art to Shape Political Discourse
An exhibition of the artist’s work at the Hirshhorn is an allegorical narrative framed against historical and political realities
Cyber-archeology May be the Way to Remember Artifacts Destroyed by Militants
Digitally saving 3D models is the only way to offset some lost cultural artifacts
There’s a Hospital for Statues in Argentina
When the going gets tough for Buenos Aires statues, they head to a statue-only hospital for a bit of TLC
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