Art
New York Museum Highlights the Artwork of Zilia Sánchez
The Cuban American artist has long been a creative force. Now she’s having her big moment—in her tenth decade
How Knitting Enthusiasts Are Using Their Craft to Visualize Climate Change
In these crafters' scarves and blankets, rows of color correspond with daily temperature
Recognition of Major Osage Leader and Warrior Opens a New Window Into History
The story of Shonke Mon-thi^, a hidden figure in American history, is now recovered at the National Portrait Gallery
How the U.S. Government Deployed Grandma Moses Overseas in the Cold War
In 1950, an exhibition of the famed artist's paintings toured Europe in a promotional campaign of American culture
For One Week Only, Raphael's Tapestries Return to the Sistine Chapel
This is the first time all 12 of the Renaissance creations have been united in their original home since the 16th century
Why Are the Vibrant Colors of 'The Scream' Fading?
New analysis explores why unstable synthetic pigments in the painting are changing color from yellow to white
Upcoming Planet Word Museum Celebrates Language—and Is Slated to Be Talk of the Town
The Washington, D.C.-based museum will open its doors on May 31
Pennsylvania Museum Discovers Unidentified Rembrandt Portrait in Its Collection
Conservation work revealed evidence of the artist's hand in a painting previously attributed to a member of his studio
Nine Women Whose Remarkable Lives Deserve the Biopic Treatment
From Renaissance artists to aviation pioneers, suffragists and scientists, these women led lives destined for the silver screen
Bookended by Wasp Nests, These Aboriginal Artworks May Finally Have Definitive Dates
New estimates place paintings in Australia's Kimberley rock shelters at about 12,000 years old
The Painstaking Art of Ice Carving
It might be cold and labor intensive, but that doesn’t stop artists from testing their ice sculpting skills at the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks
One Hundred Museums Transformed Their Collections Into Free Coloring Pages
This year's #ColorOurCollections campaign features everything from medical drawings to zany 1920s advertisements for butter
See Winston Churchill's Little-Known Art
Best known for serving as Britain's prime minister during World War II, Churchill was also an amateur painter and avid writer
Artists Who Paint With Their Feet Have Unique Brain Patterns
Neuroscientists determined that certain "sensory maps" in the brain become more refined when people use their feet like hands
Who Owns the Art Recovered From Shipwrecks?
A thought-provoking exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco draws on artifacts from two centuries-old shipwrecks
How the Video Works of John Baldessari Defined Contemporary Art
Smithsonian curator Saisha Grayson examines the legacy of one of the greats of American Art
How Japanese Artist Chiura Obata Came to Be an American Great
With landscapes infused with an emotion borne of a life of struggle, this master receives his due in this traveling retrospective now at the Smithsonian
How Jacob Lawrence Painted a Radical History of the American Struggle
The Peabody Essex Museum is reuniting a series of paintings that explore the hidden stories of the nation's formative years
The National Portrait Gallery's Obama Portraits Will Embark on a Five-City Tour
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald's paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama are set to visit Chicago, Brooklyn, L.A., Atlanta and Houston
Art Historian Identifies Ten Nazi-Looted Paintings in the Louvre's Collections
Emmanuelle Polack made the discovery less than one month after she was brought on board to study the museum's ill-gotten artwork
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