Art Feature Articles

The embodiment of classical femininity, the goddess Venus has taken many forms throughout art history.

Some of art history's greats have used everything from kitchen cloths to board games when they couldn’t get canvas or were short on funds.

Few artists have had a greater impact on the visualization of modern politics and culture than Emory Douglas.

West African cultures had an unexpected and extensive influence on Medieval Europe.

A vintage address book bought on eBay revived the life story of Dora Maar, a photographer and painter too often seen merely as a famous artist’s muse.

For Peter Saul, the road to his major retrospective at the New Museum was a bumpy one.

Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.

While the word “muse” is often used to describe an inspiration or influence behind an artwork, it usually means we are either idealizing a woman or ignoring a female artist’s accomplishments.

Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights.

Though artists on the cutting edge claimed to revile it, academic art was pivotal in the development of modernism.