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Graffiti of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Eme Freethinker and Pen Chill in Berlin. WikiCommons.

What a $45 Million Basquiat Says About the Art Market Right Now

Artists Fight for Intellectual Property Rights

A "Golden Period" Violin Sells At Sotheby's

Gallery

See Lee, Hmong story quilt, c1980, cotton, Museum Purchase. Autry Museum; 91.42.1

Los Angeles Rewrites the Story of American Democracy at the Autry

Women in the American Glass Studio at Corning Museum of Glass

Australian Indigenous Art Speaks to Contemporary Concerns

Sculpture

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1617. young man looks to the sky in ecstasy, laying back sensually atop an iron grate licked by flames

Religion & Sensuality in Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Sculptures

Sculptures at The Bruce Explore the Energy of the Natural World

7 Depictions of David in Renaissance & Baroque Art

Renaissance

Da Vinci's Vitruvian man from the chest up- a figure of a man with four arms in a circle

The History and Influence of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man

Michelangelo: Exploring the Master's Art and Life

The Theories Behind Da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci”

Modern Art

Fountain in David H. Koch Plaza on Fifth Avenue at the entrance of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York, NY

The Best Art Museum in All 50 U.S. States

From Poker to Paintings: How Jeffrey Magid Learned to Collect Art

ART 101: Cubism

Contemporary Art

Wallace Chan, Vessels of Other Worlds, Venice Rebirth sculpture

Eco-Feminism and Post-Spirituality at the 2026 Venice Biennale

How LACMA Is Centering Curation Around Cross-Cultural Exchange

How to Collect Contemporary Art: A Conversation with Mark Diker

LGBTQ Artists

Frances Cranmer Greenman, Self Portrait, 1923. Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Jennifer Dasal’s New Book on The American Girls’ Club for Artists

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

Black Artists

Jacob Lawrence, Harriet Tubman Series (Panel #4), 1940. Tempera on hardboard, unknown dimensions, Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

A Look into the Harlem Renaissance

An Intimate Exploration of Culture and Memory at NXTHVN

The Life and Art of Noah Davis at the Hammer Museum

Ancient Art

An archeological site in Malatya, Turkey. Source.

A Record for Repatriation: Turkey Reclaims Its Cultural Heritage

Consider this Before Buying an Ancient Coin Necklace or Jewelry

The Iconography of Zoroastrianism, the Oldest Monotheistic Religion

Design

Daniel Arsham Studio

How Multimedia Artist Daniel Arsham Builds a Creative Life

The History Behind Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Awards

The Art of Design: A Rediscovery of Vienna's Interior Style

Women Artists

Marc Vaux (1895-1971), Bal costumé pour les 30 ans de la Galerie B. Weill (Berthe Weill assise au centre, en smoking), 13 décembre 1931. Collection Marianne Le Morvan, don de Jeanine Warnod

Berthe Weill: The Mother of Modernism

How Lois Dodd’s Paintings Frame Everyday Life

How UNESCO Is Protecting Traditional Art Practices

Photography

Sculpture set up for photography at the J. Paul Getty Trust.

The Art of Photographing Art

The Politics of Presidential Portraiture

Catherine Opie’s “To Be Seen” and The Politics of Photography

Museum

The Neue Galerie, New York City. Source.

The Met Merges with Neue Galerie

How Frida Kahlo Became This Year's Cultural Obsession

Healing From the Burns: How The Getty Recovered From the LA Fires

Asian Art

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Life and Art of Edgar Degas

Kintsugi Pottery Mending: Fragile Art for the Anxious Mind

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

Latin American Art

SP-ARTE 2026. Courtesy SP-Arte/Divulgação

Highlights from SP-Arte 2026

True South: The Rise of Latin American Art

Director Carla Gutierrez Examines Frida Kahlo’s Life Through Film

Indigenous Art

Bill Schenck, Seven Yearlings along the Wash, 2012.

Santa Fe: The Origins of an Art City

Jeffrey Gibson’s Celebrated Venice Biennale Exhibit at The Broad

Indigenous and Native American Art at Santa Fe Auction

Painting

Portrait shot of Petersen

Studio Shop Gallery Celebrates A Figurative Artist's Centennial

Annette Hur’s Landscape Paintings Speak a Language of Color

Visual Art and Jazz: A Crossover of Media

Drawing

Haring painting the backdrop for the Palladium nightclub, 1985

Comics Enter the Fine Art Market at David Zwirner, London

A Love of the Female Form in Renoir’s Drawings

Six Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Sculptures at MoMA

Fair

Nara_Roesler, Frieze New York, 2026. Photo: Casey Kelbaugh/CKA. Courtesy Frieze.

Highlights from Frieze New York 2026

How Independent is Revitalizing the Art Fair Model

Frieze LA's Resilient Return

Antiques

Euros bills hanging to dry on a clothes line

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Maison Gerard Celebrates 50 Years With Historic Art Deco Pieces on View

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman