During a six-decade career at the New Yorker, Mr. Tomkins profiled scores of artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Robert ...

The pitch for “New Humans” was that it would confront us with “what it means to be human in the face of sweeping ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

At the behest of the art-loving Obamas, Virginia Shore, the center’s curator of commissions, has contracted 30 artists to ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...

Open Wall returns to the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art on March 13, inviting artists of all levels to hang and sell ...

On the staff of The New Yorker for more than 60 years, he wrote about Duchamp, Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well Is the Best Revenge.” ...

Learn how to transform a framed print you love, even if the frame doesn't fit your home. One simple upgrade updates a dated ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens its modern and contemporary galleries with a new installation of its permanent collection that freshly examines the explosion of possibility in American art ...

Contemporary Jewish artist Alex Levin creates powerful paintings inspired by Jerusalem, Jewish history, and biblical ...

Modern art, a term that has sparked controversy, recently reared its head again due to the extravagant spending of Justin Sun to buy a piece of "art" that consists of a banana duct-taped to a wall. To ...