Venture deep into the hinterlands of modern art history, and you come across the artistic movement of the 1880s and 1890s known as Symbolism. An international, diffuse, idealist, and mystical reaction ...

In a landmark convergence of pop culture and high art, Hot Wheels has announced a global, multi-year partnership with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The collaboration, initiated by Mattel Creations, ...

While many argue that "modern art" began in the 1800s, could it actually have started with Joseph Wright of Derby's An ...

I am an art historian who has carried out extensive research on the evolution of the market for “recent art.” And I can tell you that something generational is now happening with NFTs. As a historian, ...

Lima’s coastal hamlets showcase Indigenous stories through vibrant murals, proving street art can preserve cultural identity ...

While some of the greatest artworks had been looted by the Nazis and were recovered after the war, thousands are missing to this day. Rome, 1944. German soldiers stand outside of the Palazzo Venezia ...

Our writer sits down with Purdue Art History professor Beth Woodward to explore the under-appreciated nuances of Renaissance art.

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such as ...

Gertrude Stein held vibrant salons in Paris. Diego Rivera traveled from Mexico City to Moscow to paint murals. Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden, whose families had moved north as part of the Great ...

These printmakers have contributed to the evolution of modern art in India, giving us a glimpse of the country's cultural and artistic diversity. From traditional methods to contemporary expressions, ...

Why go to a modern art museum? They’re expensive, stuffy and the art is often remote or, worse, something a toddler could make. Those are the typical lamentations, anyway. More contemporary grievances ...