Art
See 150 Years of Stonehenge Family Photos
The collection offers a glimpse into humans' engagement with the monument
Painted Bronze Age Monkeys Hint at the Interconnectedness of the Ancient World
The fascinating "tail" of how Indian monkeys might have ended up in a Minoan painting
The Smithsonian's Ten Splashiest New Acquisitions of 2019
This year marks the arrival of a brilliant diamond, a hybrid space rocket, exciting paintings and two darling clouded leopard cubs
Detroit Exhibit Celebrates Bruegel's 'The Wedding Dance' and Its Controversial Codpieces
The painting’s frank depiction of drunk frivolity—and male anatomy—didn’t sit well with some viewers
Newly Discovered Indonesian Cave Art May Represent World's Oldest Known Hunting Scene
The finding bolsters the idea that even 44,000 years ago, artistic ingenuity was shaping cultures across the Eurasian continent
3-D Imaging Reveals Toll of Parthenon Marbles' Deterioration
A new study of 19th-century plaster casts of the controversial sculptures highlight details lost over the past 200 years
See Four Spanish Masterpieces Updated to Reflect the Consequences of Climate Change
Timed to coincide with the ongoing U.N. Climate Change Conference, the campaign is a digital effort to warn the world
Pantone's Color of the Year Is 'Solid and Dependable' Classic Blue
Some have decried the selection as dull, but Pantone prefers to frame it as "a timeless and enduring hue"
A Great Wave of Hokusai
The Freer Gallery—home to the largest collection of the popular Japanese artist’s paintings—unveils 120 rarely seen works
Long Sidelined, Native Artists Finally Receive Their Due
At the American Indian Museum in NYC, curators paint eight decades of American Indian artwork back into the picture
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2019
This year's top titles deliver strange animals, mouth-watering foods and biographies of unsung heroes
Infrared Reveals Egyptian Mummies' Hidden Tattoos
The mummies of seven women found at Egypt's Deir el-Medina site bear tattoos including crosses, baboons and hieroglyphics
Marcel Duchamp Played With the Definition of Art and Now the Public Can, Too
Art connoisseurs Aaron and Barbara Levine amassed a formidable body of the artist’s works; they'd like nothing better than for you to see it
Unraveling the Tangled History of the Hoodie
Over the years, the oft-politicized garment has straddled the worlds of sports, street culture, Silicon Valley and high fashion
London Exhibit Celebrates Indian Artists Who Captured Natural History for the East India Company
Paintings once anonymized as "company art" will finally be labeled with the names of their creators
New Exhibition Leads to Discovery of Dutch Painter's Signature and Fingerprint
In advance of a retrospective at Museum Prinsenhof Delft, experts took a closer look at three works by Pieter de Hooch
Visitors Can Watch the Restoration of Michelangelo's 'Bandini Pietà'
The artist once took a sledgehammer to the sculpture, which is now housed at a museum in Florence
The Museum Tour Guide Who Shaped Mark Twain’s Views on Race
While traveling in Venice for what would be his best-selling memoir, the author’s encounter with an African-American art expert forever changed his writing
The AIDS Memorial Quilt Is Heading Home to San Francisco
The groundbreaking community arts project has long been under the stewardship of the Atlanta-based NAMES Project Foundation
Celebrating a Century of Women’s Contributions to Comics and Cartoons
A new exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment features innovative illustrations from the suffragist movement to today
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