Backstory: An artful history of art
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Michelangelo's David is the most famous statue. He also sculpted a smaller version, called Dave.
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How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.
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The renewed appetite for art as an investment is drawing attention to a small number of scholars who have been applying economics to this new asset class.
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Richard Prince blurs the distinctions between life and art, truth and fiction, and even automaking and sculpture.
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Art advisers can help educate collectors about trends in the art world and introduce them to new galleries and artists.
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The Jewish Museum offers a well-paced retrospective of William Steigâs cartoons and drawings for childrenâs books that adults will also enjoy.
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Keep your art collection in your living room? Why, thatâs for novices.
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Itâs been a bountiful year for the kinds of art finds â or at least the publicizing of them â that make fans of âAntiques Roadshowâ weep with envy.
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Films use artwork the way they have long used music: to set a mood.
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The Metropolitan Museumâs show offers a supremely clear account of his maturation from brilliant, methodical young artist to a deeper, more lyrical, less predictable one.
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Hereâs an apt attraction for the start of the new year: âThe Art of Timeâ at the Metropolitan Museum, a wonderful presentation of about 90 European timepieces from the museumâs permanent collection.
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A review of the Jonathan Saunders, Tuleh, Preen Ohne Titel, Diane Von Furstenberg and Rodnik Fall 2008 collections.
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A long-lost manuscript by Mark Rothko helps illuminate the philosophical underpinnings of Color Field paintings, the artist's greatest breakthrough.
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A show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art presents some odd (but fascinating) examples of serial photography.
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Nostalgia was a lot in evidence during the men's collections in Milan. But as nostalgia trips go, this one had roots that dug maybe even as far as the Renaissance.
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Nicholas Ostler's history charts Latin's rise and fall. Harry Mount's short primer makes a passionate case for studying the language.
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A show of stitched work at the Museum of Arts and Design moves beyond pure politics.