At Large

In 1931 when Mexican muralist Diego Rivera visited San Francisco with his wife, Frida Kahlo, both were still up-and-coming artists.

As a shocked nation and world watched the violent scenes unfold at the US Capitol last week, art lovers and conservators paid special notice to the backdrop of many of these scenes: the historic…

The recently passed National Defense Authorization Act gives the U.S. Department of Treasury one year to create rules to hamper money laundering and financing of terror organizations…

Providing a new hub for Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road, the space includes a one-acre sky-lit atrium, free wifi, a floating clock, and world-class public art.

Here are the top ten stories Art & Object readers loved in 2020.

Calling out modernist designs of the past seventy years, the order seeks a return to the Classically-inspired architecture of our founding fathers.

How an idealized visual representation of the male form that originated in Ancient Greece has survived more or less intact until today

A French metal detectorist thought he could cash in on his finds by duping the French government, but officials saw through his ploy.

The coffee-table tome "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists" is a must-have monograph for anyone interested in assembling—or simply appreciating—a momentous art collection.

Traveling from Düsseldorf to Tel Aviv, the man carried a canvas by surrealist master Yves Tanguy in a flat cardboard box. When he reached his final destination, he realized to his horror that he did…

Though the popularity of chess has seen a major uptick lately, the strategic game is no passing fad.

A leading expert on the works of Leonardo da Vinci thinks she has found a new drawing by the Renaissance master.

One of the world's best-known and least-seen collections of marble statuary is making its twenty-first-century debut.

German police have arrested three men in connection with the daring theft of more than a billion dollars in diamonds last year.

As the owner of contemporary art by luminaries such as Cy Twombly, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol, Baltimore-based writer and filmmaker John Waters might have considered offering his collection to a…