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Yakima

Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts

Soviet Propaganda Poster of Joseph Stalin, c.1949

The KGB Spy Gadgets that Fought the Cold War Go to Auction

The Dying Adonis

Revisiting Magnus Enckell

Arno Breker, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1944.

In Defense of Neoclassicism

Jacques Louis David, Intervention of the Sabine Women, 1799.

The Heroic Nude: Masculinity Laid Bare

Asian

Zhuang Hong Yi, Journey, 2020. Fine rice paper and acrylic on canvas.

HOFA London Hosts Zhuang Hong Yi Solo Show

Rejected Tintin Cover Art Breaks Auction Record

Tang Sancai Ceramics From the Collection of Susan Chen

Ancient

small metal artifacts

Officials Seize 27,000 Artifacts Looted by French Metal Detectorist

What Does Cave Art Tell Us About Early Humans?

Rome’s Torlonia Marbles Go on View After Seven Decades

Renaissance

Angel on left, Mary on right. Lines in painting create a sort of golden ratio

How Artists Used The Golden Ratio To Create Masterpieces

Expert Identifies New Da Vinci Drawing

The Jewelry of the Renaissance: The Medici Gem Collection

Painting

ecce homo original and botched restoration

5 Art Restoration Fails That Will Blow Your Mind

The Met: Conserving Cuzco School Paintings

The First New Shade of Blue in 200 Years Hits Shelves as YInMn Blue

Drawing

kara walker drawing practice Switzerland solo show

Kara Walker's Drawings at Kunstmuseum Basel

MoMA Curator Unpacks Why Kusama Started Making Polka Dots

David Hockney: Drawing from Life

Photography

photo manipulated to include colors

Pace Gallery Presents Lucas Samaras: Gestures and Constructions

High Museum Exhibition Spotlights 100 Plus Female Photographers

Online Exhibition: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

Gallery

broken tire artistically rendered

Gagosian Celebrates Ed Ruscha Show with Flea and Other Musicians

Sophia Narrett Sews the Seeds of Love, One Thread at a Time

Ed Clark: The Lost Abstract Expressionist

Design

Wide image of smoking room Phillips auction may London design

Phillips to Auction Jean Dunand’s ‘Les Palmiers’ Smoking Room

The Artist Group Behind Memphis Design

The Home of Susan and John Gutfreund: Old World Elegance

Sculpture

Amethyst Crystallized Large Gengar

Fictional Archeology: An Interview with Daniel Arsham

In Defense of Neoclassicism

Steve Tobin: Nature Underground

Fair

colorful Manuel Guzman painting of two nude figures beside a blue lake

Outsider Art Fair Model Offers Glimpse of Post-Covid Art World

Frieze New York 2020 Canceled

SCOPE 2020: The Sexy Art Fair

Museum

François Gérard, Detail of Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1805.

Napoleon in Rome and the Origins of Archeology

Emin & Munch Virtual Tour of The Loneliness of the Soul

Pompeii Exhibit in Rome’s Colosseum Asks Important Questions

Contemporary

close up of balloon drone model

Petzel Show Mine Digs Into Tech, Labor, & Earth Resources

10 Contemporary Black Artists You Should Know More About

Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts

Antiques

silver chess set in front of a blue and cream stone board

The History and Evolving Beauty of Chess Sets

Precious and Rare: Islamic Metalwork from The Courtauld

An Ancient Vessel Forged from Fires of the Warring States

Modern

O'Keeffe and Stieglitz embracing under a tree

12 Famous Artists Who Fell in Love With Other Artists

Revisiting Magnus Enckell

Young-Il Ahn: Reflection

Auction

Soviet Propaganda Poster of Joseph Stalin, c.1949

The KGB Spy Gadgets that Fought the Cold War Go to Auction

Angelina Jolie to Sell Churchill's Only WW2 Era Painting

Unusual Botticelli Portrait Sets Record in $92.2 Million Sale