Art
Could This Work Be Leonardo da Vinci's Only Known Sculpture?
An art scholar argues "Virgin with the Laughing Child" held in a U.K. museum bears the hallmark smile and other techniques of the polymath's other works
Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden to Undergo First Redesign in More Than 40 Years
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s design provides easier access from the National Mall and space for larger installations
Six Ways to Experience Bermuda's Swirling Cultures
Bermuda’s myriad of cultural influences is reflected in everything from historic buildings to food.
Americans Flocked to See This Controversial Exhibit of Berlin’s Art Treasures in the Wake of World War II
Discovered in a salt mine in Nazi Germany, these artworks toured the United States in a questionable move that raised serious ethical concerns
Physicists Come Up With Intriguing Way to Measure Art's Evolution
By mapping the complexity and entropy of 140,000 paintings created between 1031 and 2016, the researchers demonstrated the interaction of art movements
X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
The underpainting closely mirrors an earlier self-portrait depicting the Baroque artist as Saint Catherine
Experts Think This 'Nude Mona Lisa' Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
Previously attributed to his students, close examination of the charcoal drawing shows a left-handed artist created most of the artwork
New Dr. Seuss Book, Which Teaches Kids to Love Art, Will Be Published This Fall
‘Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum' features an ‘affable horse’ who guides students through a museum of horse-themed artwork
New Study Offers Clues to Dominance of Curve-Filled Museum Designs
Architects are more likely than non-experts to deem curvilinear spaces beautiful, but less likely to enter curved over straight-edged rooms
These 2,000-Year-Old Needles, Still Sharp, Are the Oldest Tattooing Instruments Found in the Southwestern U.S.
Originally excavated in 1972, the pronged cactus-spine tool languished in storage for more than 40 years before its true purpose was recognized
Houston's Rothko Chapel Casts a New Light
When the meditative space reopens, a new skylight will filter the right amount of light on the 14 canvasses installed in the artist's octagonal masterpiece
Graffiti Left by Soldiers Repairing Hadrian’s Wall Will Be Immortalized in 3-D
Historic London calls the etchings "some of the most important" along the empire’s sprawling 73-mile northern border
Van Gogh Museum Suggests Artist’s Last Painting Has Long Been Misidentified
Experts argue that the abstract "Tree Roots" is a more likely candidate than the oft-cited "Wheatfield With Crows"
Why 150,000 Sculptures in the U.K. Are Being Digitized
The expansive campaign by Art U.K. wants open up a conversation on the medium
The Stories of Poets, Artists and Cartoon Characters Are All Waiting to Be Discovered in Roy Lichtenstein’s Personal Papers
The Pop artist’s archives, recently donated to the Smithsonian, are soon to be digitized
What Should a Contemporary Monument Look Like?
A new multi-city art exhibition called "New Monuments for New Cities" tackles this question head on
In Nigeria, the Veil Is a Fashion Statement
Artist Medina Dugger finds joy in a colorful yet complicated symbol of faith
New Exhibition Brings Marina Abramović to Life Via ‘Mixed’ Reality
The work places gallery visitors in dialogue with a three-dimensional digital version of the legendary performance artist
Dutch Museum Shows Every Single Last Rembrandt in Its Collection
To mark the 350th anniversary of the master artist's death, Rijksmuseum is putting all 400 works on view together for the first time
This Outdoor Exhibition Brings Art to a California Desert
Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley, this time with works about landscape, migration, climate change and indigenous experiences
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