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Ever feel like you’re immortal, with the strength of a thousand suns — eternal and invincible? Yeah, me too. But guess what? There’s a form of art that was intended to remind you constantly of your unavoidable, inevitable, permanent death. It’s a memento mori!

Artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall, titled it "Comedian", and sold 5 editions of the artwork for as much as $150,000 each. Why did it capture our attention, curiosity, and memes? What does it mean?

The Coors show rounds up the best Western contemporary realists, exhibiting their art in galleries in what is essentially a gigantic Quonset hut also sheltering livestock and vendors.

Coming soon from Art & Object: The Art Buzz podcast! Art Buzz is your VIP pass to the art world.

This short video gives an overview of Jean-François Millet's life. The Realist master is remembered for his powerful depictions of rural French life.

The darkest color in the world was unveiled earlier this year. It’s the result of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between art and science.

Unique in the art fair world, San Francisco’s FOG Design+Art January art fair offers an unprecedented opportunity to experience cutting edge modern art and design from all over the world.

Iran is home to twenty-two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, places that have been designated as important to the history of humankind.

The artworld enters 2020 with a little less humor. John Baldessari, often called the father of conceptual art, died on January 2 at the age of 88.

Alejandro Durán uses art to spotlight the ongoing destruction of our oceans' ecosystems.