Antiques: Native American art of a different sort
Native arts and crafts are widely collected today, and there are contemporary practitioners who have developed their own recognizable styles.
Behind a false wall, a lost da Vinci might lurk
A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...
What detainees’ art can tell us about Guantánamo Bay
Making art served many purposes. Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and author of Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost ...
Made in St. Paul: Printmaking to revitalize an endangered Alaskan language, by Deg Xit’an illustrator Gidinatiy Hartman
One of printmaker Gidinatiy Hartman’s artworks depicts a dragonfly against a floral shield, above the word siq’angine. The ...
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A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz Email Powered by ...