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A folk art painting of a busy scene with people and animals in a rural area with birds in the sky

A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky

April 14, 2026

An otherworldly painting Cinga Samson

Cinga Samson Conjures Mystery and the Sublime in Large-Scale Oil Paintings

April 13, 2026

An Abstract Expressionist mixed-media painting by Liza Lou with thousands of colorful beads representing brushstrokes

Brushstrokes Transform into Beaded Topographies in Liza Lou’s Mixed-Media Paintings

April 3, 2026

A mural by Rogue-one of a young girl with a pirate hat, looking through a spyglass, with her stuffed monkey toy also looking through a spyglass

Explore Art UK’s Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

April 3, 2026

the cover of making art and making a living

How Do Artists Finance Their Lives? Join Us for a Discussion About Mason Currey’s New Book

March 23, 2026

Architectural columns and arches meticulously carved in miniature in a hunk of marble

Historic Architecture Emerges from Stone in Matthew Simmonds’ Ethereal Sculptures

March 12, 2026

a gif of a triangular swingset designed by noguchi

An Animated Look at Noguchi’s Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

March 10, 2026

A 3D animation of "Perseus with the Head of Medusa" by Antonio Canova

The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects

March 5, 2026

A detail of the interior of Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen, taken by David Altrath

Scale the Dramatic Verticality of Grundtvigs Kirke in David Altrath’s Dreamy Photos

March 5, 2026

A 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt of a priest looking at a large book in a temple

Rediscover a Rembrandt After More than Six Decades in Hiding

March 4, 2026

An artist environment by Margaret Rogers Dennis that's heavily embellished with lots of hand-painted signs and decoration

‘Architectural Fantasies’ Chronicles Elaborate Creations by Self-Taught Artists

March 3, 2026

A giant inflated sculpture by Itamar Gov of a gray rhinoceros amid Romanesque church architecture

Itamar Gov Draws on History and Legend for ‘The Rhinoceros in the Room’

February 20, 2026

A surrealist painting by Leonora Carrington depicting a square table amid a forest, surrounded by unusual figures, plants, and animals

A Major Survey in Paris Chronicles Leonora Carrington’s Esoteric Surrealism

February 5, 2026

An 18th-century watercolor illustration by Sarah Stone of a parrot and a cockatoo

‘Sarah Stone’s Unseen World’ Highlights Avian Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent

February 2, 2026

A cut and folded paper flower found in a cave in China, dating to the Tang dynasty

These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation

January 28, 2026

An oil and acrylic painting by Gretchen Scherer of a Georgian-era bedroom with fancy furnishings, portraits, wallpaper, and everyday items like books strewn around the room.

In ‘Reading the Rooms,’ Gretchen Scherer ‘Opens Up’ Historic, Art-Filled Spaces

January 26, 2026