The goldsmith Donna Distefano uses ancient metalsmithing techniques to create replica jewelry inspired by portraits at the ...

This October, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will take an unprecedented step, showcasing the careers of artists Lee Krasner ...

At a time when many museums’ permanent collections have so far outgrown their galleries that only a fraction of their ...

Musicians describe the thrill and pressure of performing on museum-grade instruments, whose real power lies as much in their ...

See a major Raphael retrospective and newly-discovered sculptures by Edmonia Lewis ...

Known for thinking outside the box, the new curator is described as a great complement to the Kimbell staff.

By itself here on the wall, the painting has the appearance of a devotional image — which, in a way, it is. Simpson, who is 65 and a conceptual artist of immense standing, bought it because it ...

A settlement is reached in the case of Mike Disfarmer, who renounced his family. Decades later they sued to take back his life’s work. When heirs battle the people who built their legacies, the art ...

For more than 30 years, Gwyneth Paltrow has been a fixture on the Oscars red carpet. An Academy Award winner, past presenter and regular attendee, Paltrow’s Oscars fashion highlights her style ...

UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying? - IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for ...

"Frida: The Making of an Icon" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, goes beyond the mythology to unpack how the Frida Kahlo became famous.

You can't see the back of a van Gogh painting at the Met. It's in a frame, against a wall. But the Metropolitan Museum of Art just put high-definition 3D scans of nearly 140 objects online, and now ...