Among the other sculptures in the museum's North Garden, it is the only one by a living artist, and the only one by a Chicago ...

For Freedoms’ billboards could surprise, comfort or confuse. Now the group is asking, Where do we go from here?

A century after it was formally introduced at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, in ...

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The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted dozens of recently-arrived young migrants to celebrate Three Kings Day with art. The ...

What objects are associated with femininity? This overarching question is a catalyst for San Francisco-based artist Annie ...

Researchers say modern humans in the area did not see the ritualistic purpose of painting on cave walls, unlike their ...

From Salvador Dalí to Imogen Kwok, artists have long been enamoured with the playful possibilities of food; we explore the ...

When prices go up, there usually isn’t a huge reaction because the people who go to museums value what they get there very ...

Modern art can also be a technical feat as opposed to a reflection of the times. Yves Klein, a French artist, was most noted for his 1961 piece, “ Blue Monochrome .” With the help of a chemist, Klein ...