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A Leaky Roof Has Forced the Johannesburg Art Gallery to Temporarily Close
But there’s some good news to comes out of this soggy situation
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Rare Photographs Could Show Paul Gauguin in Tahiti
The newly discovered photos are from the summer of 1896
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The Quest to Save Vincent van Gogh’s Grave
His final resting place is in disrepair, so fans of the tormented artist are pitching in to save it
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Uffizi Is Giving Women Artists a More Prominent Space on Its Walls
The director made the decision after talking with members of the Guerrilla Girls, an activist group that combats discrimination in the art world
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This Robotic Silver Swan Has Fascinated Fans for Nearly 250 Years
It preens, fishes and impresses
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Nine New Must-See Museums Opening This Year
From the American Revolution to fashion design, these are the new museums to see in 2017
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This Artist Creates Roses From Weapons Left Behind By War
“Two Roses for Peace” brings together people on both sides of a 1982 conflict
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To Bear Witness to Japanese Internment, One Artist Self-Deported Himself to the WWII Camps
The inhumanity brought on by Executive Order 9066 spurred Isamu Noguchi to action
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Austin Is Looking for Its First Artist-in-Residence
Winning artists will be embeded in city agencies to help bring in new eyes to reconsider old problems
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A Brief History of Food as Art
From subject to statement, food has played a role in art for millennia
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In This New Portrait, George Washington Trades His Curls for a Man Bun
The first president turns hipster at a new D.C. restaurant
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Strike It Rich (Without Marrying for Money) by Finding Hidden Jane Austen Art
A British artist has sparked a nationwide scavenger hunt for £5 notes worth thousands
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How Disney’s 1942 Film Bambi Came to Be Influenced by the Lush Landscapes of the Sung Dynasty
Chinese-American Artist Tyrus Wong’s Brush With Destiny
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One of the World’s Largest Dada Collections Can Now Be Viewed Online
The freewheeling art movement didn’t lend itself to posterity
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Scientists Spot Cognitive Decline in Famous Artists’ Brushstrokes
Could paintings hold clues to Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases?
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Meet the Men Behind Saturday Morning’s Most Memorable Cartoons
Zoinks! Hanna-Barbera once dominated kids’ Saturday schedules
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Artist Geocaches His Work Throughout Central Park
Brad Troemel’s Freecaching is a tongue-in-cheek response to New York’s high rent and a new way to “store” artwork
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The New Art Scene Transforming Santa Fe
The city’s image as a mecca of Southwestern-themed art and folksy spiritualism has begun to evolve, thanks to artists and entrepreneurs
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New Yorkers’ Post-Election Post-its Will Be Preserved
Subway Therapy captured a city’s outpouring of emotion. Now, the notes New Yorkers left behind will be archived
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A Huge Bronze Hippo in a Tutu Is Coming to Lincoln Center
Her name is Hippo Ballerina, and she’s sure to make theatergoers do a double-take
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