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Yves Behar, Birkenstock Birkis, 2004.

The History Behind Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Awards

Every year, a new class of honorees is celebrated at the Cooper Hewitt, …

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Indigenous Art

Installation view of Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me at The Broad, Los Angeles, May 10 to September 28, 2025. Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy of TheBroad.

Jeffrey Gibson’s Celebrated Venice Biennale Exhibit at The Broad

Indigenous and Native American Art at Santa Fe Auction

Highlights from Art Dubai and UAE Biennials

Museum

Visitors in the Louvre Museum. WikiCommons.

The Louvre Reckons with Fraud, Floods, and Failing Infrastructure

A Brief Look at The Met's Fascinating History

Tavares Strachan’s Immersive Multisensory Installations at LACMA

Sculpture

Fra Angelico — Lamentation over dead Christ 1440Fra Angelico — Lamentation over dead Christ 1440

An Exploration of Fra Angelico’s Artistic Development and Impact

Six Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Sculptures at MoMA

ART·HAND·WORK: An Exhibition for Studio Craft Artists

Modern Art

Jeffrey Magid standing in front of Henry Taylor's / was King When I Met the Queen, Syllable x Rythm Equals Mumbo Jumbo, 2013.

From Poker to Paintings: How Jeffrey Magid Learned to Collect Art

ART 101: Cubism

Claude Monet's Life & Works in 11 Surprising Facts

Black Artists

Kulimushi "Kuli" Barongozi, Time, 2025. For Mrs. Syla Artis Branch. "She was an original, and people knew it."

An Intimate Exploration of Culture and Memory at NXTHVN

The Life and Art of Noah Davis at the Hammer Museum

Fabiola Jean-Louis on the Language of Fashion

Fair

Exterior of Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Emerging Art Fairs Expand The Persian Gulf’s Art Market

Highlights from Mexico City Art Week 2026

Los Angeles Art Fairs Return to a Changed Landscape

Gallery

AB101 Demonstration, 1991 © Catherine Opie, courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul; Thomas Dane Gallery

Catherine Opie’s “To Be Seen” and The Politics of Photography

Turner & Constable: A Rivalry Impacting Artists Today

A Love of the Female Form in Renoir’s Drawings

Design

Yves Behar, Birkenstock Birkis, 2004.

The History Behind Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Awards

The Art of Design: A Rediscovery of Vienna's Interior Style

Historic Spaces, New Perspectives at The Frick Collection

Contemporary Art

Mark Diker with Wolfgang Tillman's Paper drop (light), 2006.

How to Collect Contemporary Art: A Conversation with Mark Diker

From Matisse to Warhol: The Return of the Modernists

Dib Bangkok Provides a Home for Contemporary Art in Thailand

Drawing

Haring painting the backdrop for the Palladium nightclub, 1985

Comics Enter the Fine Art Market at David Zwirner, London

In the Realm of "Superadditive" with Sculptor Leonardo Drew

The Divine Femininity of Del Kathryn Barton’s Creations

Asian Art

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Life and Art of Edgar Degas

Kintsugi Pottery Mending: Fragile Art for the Anxious Mind

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

Women Artists

Marc Vaux (1895-1971), Bal costumé pour les 30 ans de la Galerie B. Weill (Berthe Weill assise au centre, en smoking), 13 décembre 1931. Collection Marianne Le Morvan, don de Jeanine Warnod

Berthe Weill: The Mother of Modernism

How Lois Dodd’s Paintings Frame Everyday Life

How UNESCO Is Protecting Traditional Art Practices

Antiques

Euros bills hanging to dry on a clothes line

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Maison Gerard Celebrates 50 Years With Historic Art Deco Pieces on View

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman

Photography

The Great Hall of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

The Politics of Presidential Portraiture

Man Ray’s Objects on Film at the Met

World Press Photo Questions Authorship of “Napalm Girl” Image

Ancient Art

A replica coin necklace of the Roman Emperor Vespasian by Atelier Divin.

Consider this Before Buying an Ancient Coin Necklace or Jewelry

The Iconography of Zoroastrianism, the Oldest Monotheistic Religion

Etruscan Jewelry and the Charm of Gold in Antiquity

LGBTQ Artists

Frances Cranmer Greenman, Self Portrait, 1923. Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Jennifer Dasal’s New Book on The American Girls’ Club for Artists

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

Auction

The Joachim-Ma violin, 1714

A "Golden Period" Violin Sells At Sotheby's

When Everyday Objects Are Treated as Fine Art at Auction

How A Collector’s Estate Planning Is Shaping the Fall Auction Market

Renaissance

Da Vinci's Vitruvian man from the chest up- a figure of a man with four arms in a circle

The History and Influence of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man

Michelangelo: Exploring the Master's Art and Life

The Theories Behind Da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci”

Painting

Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851

How Frames Influence the Meaning of Artwork

Robert Kipniss' Mezzotints, Color Lithographs, and Paintings

Highlights from Art Basel Miami Beach 2025

Latin American Art

Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Reflejos de Naranjas Chinas, 2024, Oil on linen, 36.61 x 42.32 in, 93 x 107.5 cm

True South: The Rise of Latin American Art

Director Carla Gutierrez Examines Frida Kahlo’s Life Through Film

8 Latin American Artists You Should Know More About