Art

Super 8 Said Farewell to Its Kitschy Motel Art With a Gallery Show

Sending mediocre art off in style

A Little Free Library in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Build Your Own Library at the First-Ever Little Library Festival

The book-sharing stations have popped up all across the United States

A ceiling sculpted by Isamu Noguchi has been restored and is open to public viewing.

A Modernist Sculpted Ceiling Was Uncovered in a U-Haul Showroom

The Isamu Noguchi work is being shown once again

Pictured left: Cancun, Mexico on May 14, 2014; pictured right: Helen Frankenthaler, Canyon, 1965

These Photos Taken From Space Look Astonishingly Like Art Masterpieces

ASTER reveals how art imitates reality

Tokyo is the world's largest city...for now.

Five Things to Know About Megacities

Urbanization is happening fast—here's what to know about the world's largest cities

"Kinetic" dress

Iris Van Herpen Is Revolutionizing the Look and Tech of Fashion

The Dutch designer redefines what it means to be fashion forward

The sensuous curves and subtle walnut grain of Maloof's rocker just seem to beckon and say “Come on in a sit a while.”

Famous for His Rocking Chair, Sam Maloof Made Furniture That Had Soul

A centennial appreciation for this master of mid-century modernism is underway with a California exhibition and an upcoming seminar

Visitors to the American Gothic House Center are encouraged to play the part of the famous pair from the painting.

Grab Your Pitchfork and Take an "American Gothic"-Themed Road Trip

A drive through eastern Iowa is the best way to appreciate one of the country’s most famous images

Protestors sit outside a local town hall.

Indian Artists Are Protesting a Private Takeover of a Public Art Gallery

Local artists want the Venkatappa Art Gallery to stay public

Replica of 'Psycho' House

Replica of 'Psycho' House Opened on Museum Rooftop

The Metropolitan Museum of Art features a replica of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' house

This Artist Builds Tiny Rooms in Milan’s Forgotten Manholes

The seemingly whimsical project has a darker meaning

Illustration from Merchant of Venice

Four Hundred Years Later, Scholars Still Debate Whether Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” Is Anti-Semitic

Deconstructing what makes the Bard’s play so problematic

A whiff of formaldehyde makes Damien Hirst's art even more controversial.

Damien Hirst's Artworks May Leak Formaldehyde Gas

Where does art end and hazard begin?

Water spreads like inky-blue fingers into mangrove forests along the shore of Australia's Ord River (top). The sediment load in the water shows up as yellow and orange while mudflats stick out like a light blue bull's-eye on the lower left.

These Stunning Satellite Images Turn Earth Into Art

These images illustrate the brutal beauty geologic processes carve into our planet

Organizers hope a new mini golf course will start a conversation about how gentrification affects Los Angeles' poorest residents.

Los Angeles’ Skid Row Is Getting a Golf Course

It’s a hole-in-one for performers with a point to make about gentrification

At least the scent of despair comes in a pretty bottle.

This Perfume Smells Like the Apocalypse

Artists bottled blood and thunder to capture the heady scent of the end times

Historians Identify 35 Descendants of Leonardo da Vinci

Using historical documents and genealogical detective work, researchers have reconstructed 15 generations of Leonardo's family tree

Drawing of a rhinoceros species, now extinct in Europe, in the Caverne du Pont d'Arc near Vallon, France, a replica of Chauvet Cave.

New Timeline Zeros in on the Creation of the Chauvet Cave Paintings

Radiocarbon dates help reconstruct the cave's long history

Robin Williams by Michael Dressler, 1979

Harken Back to the Glory Days When 'Time' Magazine Was King

A new show honors the once powerful cover shot and the artists who made celebs shine bright

Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598) by Caravaggio at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini, Rome. A recently discovered painting in France thought to be by Caravaggio depicts a similar scene

Multi-Million Dollar Painting Found in Leaky French Attic

Homeowners may have found a lost Caravaggio masterpiece behind a sealed attic door in their home near Toulouse

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