Many images that have been used traditionally to depict the Black Death are, in fact, not images of the plague at all. Now, a group of dedicated historians are trying to correct the record.
It's been 27 years since thieves made off with more than a dozen works of art from Boston's Gardner Museum. But the museum's trustees hold out hope — and have doubled the bounty on the masterpieces.
An exhibition looking at the remarkable friendship and artistic collaboration between Michelangelo and Sebastiano sheds light on important questions concerning original art and copies, says Alva Noë.
As museum curators continue to search for ways to make art accessible to the viewing public — and to engage individual interests — blogger Alva Noë says turning to neuroscience is not the answer.
Artist and philosopher Jonathon Keats didn't need to create anything new to show the absurdity of human problem-solving. All he had to do was give human technology to animals.
Museum-goers, prepare for "unprecedented intimacy with a work of art." Starting Friday, visitors will be able to use Maurizio Cattelan's America, a gold-cast, working toilet at the New York museum.
Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!
Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!
Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!
Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!
Now comes the season of cultural abundance, as the valley’s theater companies, music venues, dance troupes, literary programs and art spaces ramp it up. You think you can handle all this culture? You can’t handle all this culture!
The Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks are going head-to-head in the Stanley Cup finals. To up the ante, art museums from the two cities decided to get in on the action.
Caitlin Freeman made a name for herself selling modern art-inspired pastries at the SFMOMA. The museum's cafe just reopened with a new caterer — whose desserts look suspiciously familiar.
You’ve seen them on social media, TV and worldwide media — and hopefully in person — those neon-colored rock stacks in the desert south of town. Seven Magic Mountains
Some of the most compelling murals in Ely aren't just visually striking, but they reflect something about the community's history, and the communitiy's aspirations.
