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Wayne Thiebaud painting of several rows of different pie slices on white plates

Wayne Thiebaud Keeps Painting at 100

The great American artist Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 on Sunday, and he seems unfazed.

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Features

Torlonia Marbles

Rome’s Torlonia Marbles Go on View After Seven Decades

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The Art of the Political Cartoon: A Vital, Vanishing Form

Saimaiyu Akesuk

The Inuit Artists of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative

Ervin A. Johnson

SCAD Alumni Explore Perceptions of the Black Identity at Photo London

Francis Bacon

The Skeletons in Francis Bacon’s Studio

Fair

Frieze New York

Frieze New York 2020 Canceled

SCOPE 2020: The Sexy Art Fair

Independent 2020: A Cornucopia of Leading-Edge Art

Contemporary

sculpture

Indigenous Artist Documents Contemporary Racism Through Shrine

Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King"

Altered States: The Transformative Art of Fred Tomaselli

Drawing

da vinci drawing in red pencil of a Jesus' face

Expert Identifies New Da Vinci Drawing

Telling Stories: Resilience and Struggle in Contemporary Narrative Drawing

Silent Revolutions: Italian Drawings from the Twentieth Century

Sculpture

Curator Looks at Succulent artwork

Rodney McMillian's Portal into Another World

On A Pedestal: A Tribute to Monumental Women

Elijah Pierce: Barber, Virtuoso Woodcarver, Preacher

Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson black and white photograph on nuns lining a staircase

A Contemporary Perspective on Henri Cartier-Bresson's Greatest Works

Shortlist Announced for Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

South Africa Through the Eyes of Photographer Jo Ractliffe

Ancient

Torlonia Marbles

Rome’s Torlonia Marbles Go on View After Seven Decades

A Brief History of Trajan's Column

Bringing Looted Etruscan Art Home

Painting

Julie Heffernan painting of a woman in a forest with her hair aflame

Unabashed Hotheads: The Self-Portraits of Julie Heffernan

The Lives and Works of William Roberts & David Bomberg

National Museum Wales acquires rare early works by Welsh artist

Museum

photograph of john waters, an older white man with a small moustache, wearing sunglasses and a seersucker suit

John Waters on Donating His Collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art

"Made in L.A." Unites Angelenos

Cézanne: Bridging Impressionism and Cubism

Auction

Gaertner Opera House Berlin Painting

Gaertner’s Expression of an Emerging German Enlightenment

The Landscapes of Canadian Modernist David Milne

Tang Sancai Ceramics From the Collection of Susan Chen

Asian

detail of zao wuo ki painting

Zao Wou-Ki’s Stunning Work of Nature

Japan’s Women Printmakers

Qing Wonder Reunited for the First Time in Over a Century

Antiques

Expert looks at bronze vessel

An Ancient Vessel Forged from Fires of the Warring States

Viking Objects at the British Museum

Isamu Noguchi Masters the Art of the Ashtray

Modern

detail of photo of trees

Seven Calming Works of Art From Around the World

A Curated Look At Alcohol in Painting

T. Rex Skeleton Sells for Record-Breaking $31.8 Million at Christie's

Design

print showing the mechanics involved in moving a stone obelisk

Moving Ancient Egyptian Obelisks

See Royal Gold Medal-Winner David Adjaye’s Most Stunning Buildings

Princeton Reveals Adjaye’s Design for its New Art Museum

Gallery

Gregory Crewdson photograph of a parking lot

5 Not-to-Be-Missed Los Angeles Solo Shows

5 Must-See New York Shows by Women Artists

Reality Rendered Raw: 6 New York Solo Shows

Renaissance

close up of Sandro Botticelli's Portrait of a Young Woman

The Jewelry of the Renaissance: The Medici Gem Collection

Pieter Brueghel’s Masterful Lampoon of the Legal Profession

Studio Visit with Artist Hugo Wilson