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Zoua Vang Lor, Story Cloth, 1985-89.
Folk Art Tells Stories of Struggles
The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico claims the world’s largest collection of folk art. The museum’s website displays 130,000-plus objects from more than 100 countries. Online…
Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Interior Panels of the Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Belgium.
Ghent Altarpiece Finally On Display After Major Restoration
Created by Early Flemish painters and brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, the 589-year-old piece has an incredible history. It’s survived fires, more than a dozen thefts, botched cleanings, a stint in…
Unknown, America, between 1575 - 1610. america shown in front of violence and canablism.
The Four Continents as Allegories Explained
The allegorical manifestation of "the four continents" is a visual staple of Western art from the colonial period and the eighteenth-century in particular. Used to uphold the idea of European…
rendered with dark metal, this sculpture shows Morgante in the heroic nude, expertly riding a dragon as if directly out of a mythological tale.Giambologna, The Dwarf Morgante Riding on a Dragon, 18th Century. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. r
Morgante: Depictions of a Renaissance Jester Turned Duke
Bartolo—known better as Morgante—was the sharp and quick-witted “buffoon” of Cosimo I’s court (1537 to 1569). In 1555, Cosimo I granted Morgante a ducal privilege in which he is defined as “our most…
"traditional" and "unorthodox" (white and black) depictions of jesus side by side
Viral Painting of Black Jesus and BLM Contextualized in Film

My Brother Jesus by Jarrett Lee Conaway is a short film presented by Film Independent x Netflix Film.

After an unorthodox painting of Jesus goes viral, the artist and his muse…

"During the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Affairs unit of Ankara Municipality sprays all public transportation, day and night."
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 Winners Announced

Last year offered innumerable compelling subjects to …

A Four-Cornered Hat, Wari (Huari) culture from bolivia or peru met museum discussion led by experts
A Knotted Puzzle Buried For a Millennium
A conversation between Dr. Sarahh Scher and Dr. Steven Zucker on a Four-Cornered Hat from the Wari culture. 
Vincent Van Gogh, Scène de rue à Montmartre, 1887. 
Rare Van Gogh with Strange Past to Sell at Sotheby’s
A painting by Vincent van Gogh that has been in the same family for over a hundred years is set to be sold at auction next week in a joint sale at Sotheby’s and the Paris-based Mirabaud Mercier. The…
slave ship
Artists vs Art Critics: A Combative Yet Symbiotic Relationship
The often-contentious relationship between artists and those who write about art is as old as culture itself. The art critic’s job is to rationalize what is inherently an irrational pursuit.
Benjamin Moran Dale, Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, 1913. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, DC.
Purple: A Cultural History
If you have a bent for the occasional musical throwback, you may wonder why Prince wouldn't sing about “Red Rain.” At least the aforementioned title could boast an alliterative appeal. Alas, the…
Color wheel made with watercolors that naturally bleed into one another
Who Came Up With the Color Wheel?
The easy answer is Isaac Newton, but of course, the real answer is more complicated. Though Newton might be better known for his writings on and experiments with gravity and the laws of motion, his…
madala cropped view
10 Ephemeral Art Experiences
Here are 10 opportunities to be “in the moment” with art.
Banksy Instagram Still - Bob Ross YouTube Still
Bob Ross Helps Banksy Stage a Prison Break
When a spray-painted mural appeared on the brick walls of the defunct Reading Prison in England, many suspected that Banksy, the famed anonymous graffiti artist, was behind it. Indeed, a few days…
Still Image from Ottinger's Film Paris Calligrammes Documents Activism of 1960s Paris
Ottinger's Paris Calligrammes Documents Activism of 1960s Paris
German artist Ulrike Ottinger's latest film begins from the perspective of autobiography. Paris Calligrammes describes her experiences as a young artist living in Paris in the 1960s, when she came…
red and yellow flame-ridden
Robert Nava on Unleashing the Child Within
An emerging star on the international art scene, Robert Nava was born in 1985 in East Chicago, where he first started drawing characters from cartoons and cereal boxes as a child.