08/29/2019. A "remarkably complete" 3.8-million-year-old skull of an early human has been unearthed in Ethiopia, scientists announced Wednesday, a discovery that has the potential to alter our understanding of human evolution. The skull, known as "MRD", was ...

09/05/2019. The McNay Art Museum’s commitment to engaging a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts is reaching new heights with the announcement of a $6.25 million Landscape ...

09/11/2019. Robert Frank, a trailblazing documentary photographer whose raw, piercing aesthetic placed him among the 20th century's greats, has died, according to his gallery. He was 94 years old. The Swiss-born photographer rose to fame with the publication ...

09/21/2019. With the exhibition of Van Gogh’s Inner Circle. Friends, Family, Models Het Noordbrabants Museum counters the persistent notion that Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a lonely, tormented...

09/26/2019. Color, form, surface, figure and space – Henri Matisse, the master of painterly innovation, combined these elements in an entirely new way around 1905. His figurative and symbolic reductions bordered on abstraction. The French painter, printmake...

09/24/2019. Throughout the ages, masculinity has been portrayed in many different ways through paintings, sculptures, and other forms of art. Many view the ancient Greek culture as the epitome of masculinity, with its famous pieces such as the Kroisos Kouros, Kr...

10/05/2019. Picasso and Braque were looking a little forlorn: unsure of their new home, unsure of their new acquaintances. It was early September, six anxious weeks from the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. After three years of piecemeal re...

10/09/2019. Bidding opens today for the Anthony Bourdain auction, a collection of belongings left behind by the iconic celebrity chef and television personality who touched people around the world. “Property From the Collection of Anthony Bourdain, presente...

10/04/2019. The artistic temperament has always been one that has thrived on the sense of risk. After all, what could be more precarious than deciding to devote your life, and pin your livelihood, to creating paintings or sculptures in the hope that your work wi...

10/12/2019. With approximately 140 works that have rarely if ever been exhibited in Germany, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen presents the “unknown” Edvard Munch (1863– 1944) at K20. ...

10/16/2019. First time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. topped this year's short-list of potential inductees, the institution announced Tuesday. The late music icons are among 16 acts vying for a coveted spot, joine...

10/16/2019. The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum reopened to the public Sunday, Oct 13, after seven months of construction and $4.5 million of exterior and interior improvements and repairs to ...

10/16/2019. A painting by the Nigerian artist responsible for the "African Mona Lisa" sold at auction in London on Tuesday for £1.1 million after the family who owned it googled the signature and realised its importance. "Christine", by 20th century master of...

10/17/2019. Sally Soames, an intrepid British photojournalist who prided herself on establishing a personal connection with the politicians, actors, writers, artists and others she photographed, died on Oct. 5 at her home in London. She was 82. Her son, Trevo...

10/17/2019. An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row. The court last week suspended the loan of the wo...