A sarcophagus unearthed in Antalya may be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the saintly inspiration for Santa Claus.

Work by Avery Singer was collected by major European institutions and both the Whitney and MoMA in New York, all before the ...

The pop art behemoth Takashi Murakami discusses founding a hip-hop group and why he loves the 'Shōgun' T.V. series.

Our critic Margaret Carrigan goes through the 10 most famous works by Michelangelo. Which are the greatest? And which is the ...

Switzerland's Engadin steps up to the plate as the latest lesser-known era of Jean-Michel Basquiat, at a new show by Hauser ...

British researchers who have spent years studying Stonehenge are proposing a novel purpose for the monument's existence.

Works by Jeff Koons and Picasso go on view at the Alhambra in Spain, revealing how both artists were influenced by the past.

At his first major U.S. show, digital artist Beeple presents three sculptures that comment on the future of art and humanity.

It was a heady, design-focused desert weekend in Marfa with fiber works, Crypto Punks mirrors, and a lot of generative code.

American artist Bruce Nauman explores some new territory in a powerful new show at New York gallery Sperone Westwater.

English painter Thomas Lawrence may have hidden some clues to a salacious romance in one of his most celebrated portraits.

Is Grant Wood’s famous painting "American Gothic" a celebration of Midwestern perseverance, or a mockery of a culture stuck ...