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Scientists have figured out why some of the "Flowers in a blue vase" became discolored over time
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Look closely at these photographs. Shut down by the Chinese government, Liu Bolin has mastered the art of disappearing
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Arrested and harassed by the Chinese government, artist Ai Weiwei makes daring works unlike anything the world has ever seen
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The Chinese government has long tried to contain the artist and activist but his ideas have spread overseas and he's got plenty more to say
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In the modern Olympics’ early days, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians battled for gold, silver and bronze
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The modern-day Renaissance man, known for his work on the stage and the screen, provides insights from the Tao of Captain Kirk
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New songs by the American folk legend keep turning up, a century after his birth
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The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
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A history of caricatures exposes the inside jokes
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Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult
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Richard Field was an undergrad with gumption when he visited the painter at his Long Island home. Nearly 60 years later, Field recalls the memorable affair
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Cape Cod's dune shacks are American culture's home away from home
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Sculptor Danh Vo deconstructs the American icon
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The ongoing expansion of the waterway has given Smithsonian researchers a chance to find new fossils
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Paleontologist Nick Pyenson was in a race against a construction crew to salvage a bed of whale fossils, so he called upon 3-D technologists for help
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A talented painter who died poor and forgotten may have inspired the influential American artist's work in ceramics
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Through January 2013, the Natural History Museum is home to stunning photographs of wildlife around the world
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One enthusiast's collection, on exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, offers a sweeping look at grass-roots movements since the 1960s
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They came, they clucked and they conquered. Get the story behind these absurd portraits and how they came to be
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By sketching the movements of people at the Cleveland Art Museum, Andrew Oriani laid the groundwork for some deep insights into how art is appreciated
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