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Jim Sanborn planned to auction off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the solution.
Award-winning graphic designer and creative director Qichao An creates intricate artworks seamlessly that Eastern and Western aesthetics. The post Tradition Meets Innovation: <br> The Design of Qichao...
For Stan Squirewell, the allure of historical portraits is a central tenet of his multimedia practice. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support...
The works are by artists Lubna Chowdhary, Barabra Walker, and the late Madge Gill.
At the Brooklyn Museum, his defining portraits of Mali’s citizens in the 1950s show them breaking free of colonial domination yet still tethered to their cultural history.
She broke out in 1992, with a work that drew a lot of heat — and brought her fame. Now, El Museo del Barrio is exploring the Cuban American artist’s life and legacy outside the cage.
In San Juan, the Museo de los Santos y Arte Nacional is helping to revive interest in santos, small wooden statues of saints that artists have made for centuries.
Two Greek-born architects transformed an 1899 building into a light-filled home designed for play.
About one-third of U.S. museums have lost government funding this year alone. Now, they look ahead — and find ways to move forward, despite the obstacles.
A survey at the Walker Art Center celebrates the interdisciplinary artist Dyani White Hawk, whose works are grounded in the Lakota philosophy of connectedness.
The Missouri History Museum shines a light on Mill Creek Valley, once a bastion of Black culture and community.
Clever tensions between showing and telling structure this survey.
For Frieze London 2025, kurimanzutto presents a solo booth by Ana Segovia, featuring a new body of work that continues the artist’s critical engagement with the visual codes of masculinity in popular...
Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket (1994) led Christie’s 20th/21st...
Assimilation is not a monolith. Just as notions of the American Dream shapeshift so, too, does the vision of that fantasy. In Mike Lee’s case, he has witnessed a refocusing on family and shared...
“The market ain’t dead,” Josh Baer observed after the sale.
"It is a love letter to the people of this city, and about the people of this city." —Brandon Stanton Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support...
The gallery has launched stars such as Trevor Paglen and Lynn Hershman Leeson.
The photographer, who has been the subject of controversy at times in her career, discusses her approach to life in her new book, Art Work.
A show at the Society of Illustrators demonstrates his mastery at turning ghastly scenarios deadpan and winkingly absurd.
The Courtauld Gallery and Institute in London has revealed itself to be the recipient of a £30 million ($40 million) donation, the largest in its ninety-three year history. The gift was made by the Reuben Foundation, a charitable organization established by billionaire brothers and art collectors David and Simon Reuben, who made their fortunes in […]
The Museum Wiesbaden said it saw a surge in visitors hoping to glimpse the artwork that may have inspired Taylor Swift's latest music video.
Police said they arrested a 26-year-old suspect who allegedly damaged the Eternal Flame near Martin Luther King's crypt in Atlanta, Georgia.
The painting served as inspiration in Taylor Swift's new music video for the song "The Fate of Ophelia".
