This video attempts to answer an age old question: Does art have to be beautiful? See how Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist helps answer that question.
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Forget the "idle" pyramids of Egypt and the "useless" temples of Greece, the aqueducts of ancient Rome are the "most marvelous structures in the whole world." So claimed Roman writers in the 1st century AD.
One of the most popular museums in the US, the J. Paul Getty Museum averages almost 2 million visitors a year.
Banksy shared a new work of art yesterday, showing us what he has been up to while quarantined.
You know Michelangelo had incredible skill, but did you know how dangerous the painting technique he used was?
In the face of uncertain times, one of the world's most famous living artists, Yayoi Kusama, has offered a poem to give us some comfort. Via a press release from her gallery, David Zwirner:
Astrodoubt and The Quarantine Chronicles (ADQC,) artist Luca Buvoli’s new tragicomic mini-episode series, can now be viewed on Instagram.
Have you ever wondered who you are looking at in medieval and Renaissance altarpieces? This video will serve as a primer for identifying saints in art.
For the 96th year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded its coveted grants to the best and brightest artists and scholars in the US and Canada.
Watch these performers beautifully recreate Renaissance images to Mozart.
