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As soon as you enter the first gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art that holds Candida Höfer’s large format photographs, you are transported. Commanding the space, her mostly symmetrical compositions contain no people, only lavish interiors that bear evidence of devotion as well as secular daily ritual.

Before she was world-renowned as a pioneering feminist artist, Judy Chicago worked in abstraction, using pastel hues to form geometric patterns. A new survey at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, shows the artist moving into figurative works, finding a clear voice to explore the feminist themes that would come to define her work.

Art historian Jennifer Dasal explores Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" in this episode of The ArtCurious Podcast

The highly anticipated 17th edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 9, 2018, amid reports of significant sales to private collections and institutions by galleries across all sectors of the market.

After several planned unveilings, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has so far declined to display Salvator Mundi — or even confirm its whereabouts.

Corrie and Nat sit down with artists Jason Chase and Taryn Johnson to discuss the Boston art scene, how they created the world's blackest, little-black dress, and being a full-time artist & freelancer.

Zac Hacmon’s interactive border-crossing work titled Gateway is currently on view at Smack Mellon as part of a group show featuring artists who reveal a capacity for empathy, a willingness to reflect on another's perspective or to understand those whose backgrounds differ from their own.

From Art Basel Miami’s 2018 showing, we’ve rounded up our favorite highlights, from new works fresh from the studio to up-and-coming artists.

Find out why a petticoat-wearing Jefferson Davis is swarmed by copperheads in this satirical 19th-century whiskey jug.

Today, Italian Renaissance drawings are considered some of the most spectacular products of the western tradition. Yet, they often remain shrouded in mystery, their purpose, subjects, and even their makers unknown.