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Edward Hopper's Nighthawks painting shows diners at a counter late at night
Uncovering Edward Hopper's Archetypal Woman
With social isolation now a way of life, it’s unsurprising that mid-century American realist painter Edward Hopper is having a moment.
close up of Sandro Botticelli's Portrait of a Young Woman
The Jewelry of the Renaissance: The Medici Gem Collection
In the second installment in our series on jewelry’s place in art history, we’re exploring jewelry collecting in the Renaissance, a time when jewels were considered as valuable to possess and display…
Saimaiyu Akesuk
The Inuit Artists of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative
Prints and Carvings from the Artistic Capital of the North
Smithsonian National Museum of African American Arts and Culture
See Royal Gold Medal-Winner David Adjaye’s Most Stunning Buildings
This week, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Sir David Adjaye with the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, the UK's highest honor for architecture.
Claude Monet, Fishing Boats, 1883.
Monet’s Letters Paint a Picture of the Man Behind the Masterpieces
What Monet’s correspondence tells us about the Impressionist master
Francis Bacon
The Skeletons in Francis Bacon’s Studio
What the artist’s chaotic workspace reveals about the mind of this modern master.
Collage of presidential portraits
Hail to the Chiefs' Portraits
The White House hosts a unique and historic collection of artwork: Portraits of the men who have held the highest office in the land. Portraitist John Howard Sanden talks with Mo Rocca about the…
Alex Anderson ceramic sculpture
Collect Like an Expert: How to Find Great Emerging Artists
It takes a brave collector to acquire artwork by an emerging artist.