Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis
Colorful, intricate drawings on view at the American Folk Art Museum are anything but simple
Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the Impressionist's triumphs—and struggles
The Chinese American artist left a breathtaking legacy that ranged from fine art to Disney movies to Christmas cards
The vice president, who will give a speech at the Democratic National Convention to accept the presidential nomination Thursday night, often wears jewelry connected to her historically Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha
The original “burning man” was the brainchild of a local artist and involves volunteers constructing a 50-foot-tall villain
Even in the final years of her life, the renowned photorealist created searing works of art that further established her among the giants of her field
The ornate series of woodcuts that transformed an art form
A new exhibition in Massachusetts illuminates the success of Guillaume Lethière
For centuries, curious artists have been trying to make sense of the celestial event
How deep faith created one of the loveliest—and most curious—sacred objects in the Smithsonian collections
The German Expressionist painter Franz Marc found a subject worth celebrating in the early 20th century
A self-described "little man in a hurry," Joseph Hirshhorn built a premier modern art collection
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George Hurrell’s photographs of actors from the 1930s and 1940s dazzle in a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
How do filmmakers get period clothing to look the part? Inside the textile workshop where the past comes to life
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together the Black Modernist painter’s most famous series for the first time in more than 75 years
Smithsonian Gardens’ 28th annual orchid exhibition is underway at the Kogod Courtyard
The history paintings of this great Neoclassical artist prove the wonderful benefits that inclusion can bring
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here's how investigators unraveled the incredible scam
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