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Although he made his name in the 1950s and ‘60s as an Abstract Expressionist, Philip Guston is now best remembered for the dark humor conveyed in the cartoon-like figurative paintings and drawings that he prolifically produced during the last twelve years of his life, which ended in 1980.

A collaboration with the Richmond Symphony's "Comfort and Joy!" – the Beethoven Summer Series, this video explores connections between the composer and Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun's "Portrait of Joseph-Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil", from VMFA's collection.

Joost Joustra, The Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion, decodes paintings of angels.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s large-scale work on canvas holds its own in the National Gallery of Art's museum’s pop art gallery, where it currently hangs beside works by Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol.

Architect and designer Neri Oxman's muse is nature, but her medium is the 3-D printer.

The Vikings are coming... again! In 2014 The British Museum followed on from the success of Pompeii Live with another live broadcast- this time from the exhibition Vikings: life and legend. Here is that broadcast, presented by Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood, featuring the largest Viking warship ever found, Roskilde 6 along with interviews with Viking scholars from across the world. Michael and Bettany explore the viking world from the homelands to its farthest reaches, Viking ship craft, trading, warfare and religion are brought to life through the spectacular objects that were brought together for this blockbuster exhibition.

If the quarantine blues are still getting you down, access to art is a surefire cure. These four exhibitions you can explore from home bring an infusion of color that is sure to brighten your outlook.

Experts at The National Gallery explain why Gainsborough's painting has intrigued people for centuries.

Isamu Noguchi, a man who spent his career envisioning sculptures as an intentional part of everyday environments, made a passionate attempt to design a new kind of ashtray.

At the Toledo Museum of Art,  Alison Saar's "Topsy and the Golden Fleece" takes a character from Uncle Tom's Cabin and turns her upside down.