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White material cast to show black female figure, dressed in clothes that seem to be from the 1800s, her hands are clasped together as if in prayer but held just to the side of her face to support her chin.

"Simone Leigh: Sovereignty" at the 59th Venice Biennale

Leigh Brings an Unprecedented Degree of Black Female Representation to the U.S. Pavilion & the Venice Biennale at Large

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Features

nasca pottery from the cornell collection, photo and research on said collection by Cristina Stockton-Juarez.

Beyond Nasca Lines: The Compelling Mystery of Nasca Pottery

White material cast to show black female figure, dressed in clothes that seem to be from the 1800s, her hands are clasped together as if in prayer but held just to the side of her face to support her chin.

"Simone Leigh: Sovereignty" at the 59th Venice Biennale

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC.

Remembering Conflict: Making Sense of War Memorials

Christopher Blossom, Moonlit Rendezvous.

Art-Aficionado Tim Newton on How to Collect Art

Julia Margaret Cameron, A Study, 1865-66. Albumen silver print from glass negative. 34.4 x 26.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1990.1074.3

Julia Margaret Cameron & Questioning Beauty in Victorian Photography

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Renaissance

unicorn in fenced garden tapestry detail

Explaining The Hunt for the Unicorn Tapestries

5 Facts to take you deeper into Botticelli's "Allegory of Spring"

Albrecht Dürer's Influence

Black Artists

White material cast to show black female figure, dressed in clothes that seem to be from the 1800s, her hands are clasped together as if in prayer but held just to the side of her face to support her chin.

"Simone Leigh: Sovereignty" at the 59th Venice Biennale

“Faith Ringgold: American People” Finally Pays the Artist Her Dues

11 Contemporary Black Artists You Should Know

LGBTQ Artists

Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Self-Portrait, 1986. Acrylic and screenprint on linen, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm).

"Andy Warhol: Revelation" Explores the Impact of Faith on His Art

Denver RiNo Art District: The U.S. Capital of Street Art

The Color Pink: A Cultural History

Antiques

courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science overview shot of the gallery, which was taken professionally by David Graham

Wagner Science Museum: Step into 1855 with Contemporary Courses

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

The Cabinet of Curiosities & Colonialism

Design

Still #2 from Met Preview Video of the exhibition, In America- An Anthology of Fashion. Features a blue, bejeweled dress hem

Met Gala Disappoints Unlike “In America: An Anthology of Fashion”

Remembering Conflict: Making Sense of War Memorials

Art-Aficionado Tim Newton on How to Collect Art

Painting

Dorothea Lange, Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California, 1936

8 Artists Who Took Their Mothers' Names

Vorticism: The Problematic British Art Movement

Contemporary Painter Bea Scaccia’s JDJ Tribeca Gallery Debut

Photography

Photograph of Author Allan Sealey by Prashant Panjiar.

Photojournalist Prashant Panjiar’s Must-Read Art Book

SCAD Alumni & Faculty Work Dazzles at Photo London

Female Photographers Who Shaped the Way We Look at the World

Drawing

MLK Memorial of Washington D.C., Sculpted by Master Lei Yixin and Design by the ROMA Design Group,

10 Artworks that Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert Rauschenberg’s 34 Evocative Dante Illustrations

Master Drawings New York Spotlights Leading Art Dealers

Gallery

Installation view, Elmer Bischoff/Tom Burckhardt: A Dialogue, George Adams Gallery, New York, 2022.

Abstraction & Figuration in “Bischoff / Burckhardt: A Dialogue”

“Jonas Wood: Plants and Animals” at David Kordansky Gallery

"Looking Up" at D’Arcy Simpson Art Works

Ancient Art

Detail. Arnold Böcklin, Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872. Oil on canvas. Nationalgalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.

Death Symbolism & Personification Traced Through Art History

Scientists to Open 700-Year-Old Notre-Dame Sarcophagus

10 Famous Ownership Disputes Over Cultural Artifacts

Auction

Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967. Sheet measures 36 x 36 in. Published by Factory Additions, New York, printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York. Estimated: $200,000-250,000.

Andy Warhol Marilyn Portrait Makes History with $195 Million Sale

Coming to Auction: Freeman's La Belle Époque on Paper

Monet's "Le Grand Canal" Will Visit Venice Prior to Auction

Modern Art

Kimball art museum

The Architecture of Louis Kahn

What is Orphism? The Modern Art Movement Explained

11 Lesser-Known Women Artists from Art History

Latin American Art

Frank O. Gehry, Pavillon de Musique (Intérieur), 2008. © Gehry Partners at Château La Coste, 2016. ©Andrew Pattman, 2016.

10 Wineries that Every Art Lover Should Visit

Security Guards Curate Exhibit at Baltimore Museum of Art

Encanto: The Art History & Anthropology Behind the Movie

Fair

abstract painting

The Philadelphia Show Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

LA Art Show: Vellum LA & DIVERSEartLA Make a Splash

FOG Design+Art 2022: An Inside Look at the San Fran Fair’s Return

Asian Art

Still of plush smiling flower from the video The Hysteria of This Flower Explained | Behind The HYPE: Murakami’s Flowers

The Life & Art of Takashi Murakami

Lydia Chan: Your Ship Has Landed

KUMIHIMO: The Art of Japanese Silk Braiding by DOMYO

Sculpture

View of sculptural installation "declaration" featuring red and silver text along a scrolling wall.

eL Seed on Creating Interventions with Public Art

Beyond Spiders: The Art of Louise Bourgeois

The Life and Art of Michelangelo

Women Artists

Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, 1630. National Gallery of Art, DC.

Can you name five women artists from the Dutch Golden Age?

Art Books to Add to Your Reading List Spring 2022

Julia Margaret Cameron & Questioning Beauty in Victorian Photography

Indigenous Art

Fashion designed by Jamie Okuma. promotional shoot with traditionally-inspired looks styled in a modern take on 70s.

9 Indigenous Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram

"Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo" Hits the West Coast

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

Contemporary Art

The Cathedral of Faces by Nujoom Al-Ghanem. Image by Anas Alkassem for the Khaleeji Art Museum.

Portraitist Nujoom Al-Ghanem on Inspiration in the Individual

Jeff Koons Plans to Put Sculpture on the Moon

The Top Art Stories from Sekka Magazine - March 2022

Museum

Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 6-September 5, 2022). From left to right: Charles Ray, Burger, 2021; Charles Ray, Jeff, 2021; Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall, 2021.

The Whitney Biennial: A Brief History

“Archive of the World”: The Complex Dynamics of Spanish America at LACMA

Blockbuster King Tut Exhibitions and their Fascinating History