Editor’s note: This story was written by Roberta K. Tarbell, Professor Emerita of Art History at Rutgers University-Camden; Visiting Scholar, Center for American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art; and ...

Roberto Lugo, DNA Study Revisited, 2022, urethane resin life cast, foam, wire, and acrylic paint, 66 × 27 × 17 in. (167.6 × 68.6 × 43.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through ...

Faith Wilding, “Crocheted Environment” (1972/1995), Woolworth’s Sweetheart acrylic yarn and sisal rope, 108 x 108 x 108 inches (courtesy the Institute of ...

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed what they believe to be a unique piece of human creativity — an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray. Initially mistaken for a ...

Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts This publication has been produced to meet accepted Accessibility standards and contains various accessibility features including concise image ...

It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: a sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery helping an injured White Union soldier lost in hostile territory. When it was ...

An X-ray of the Dancing Horse earthenware sculpture, which dates to 608 to 907 C.E. during China's Tang dynasty Cincinnati Art Museum / Gift of Carl and Eleanor Strauss, 1997.53 A curator and a ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

In November 2024, the British government placed an export bar on a sculpture crafted by the late Dame Barbara Hepworth in St Ives during the 1940s. Titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. After laboring for nearly a decade to become a painter, ...