What can molecular biology majors learn from Manet? Can Cézanne change the way English graduate students and undergraduate engineers approach their fields? While students in both courses examined ...

From ancient Chinese scrolls to American West, horses are among the greatest muses for artists across time and space.

Art historians often begin with a close focus on an individual artifact before setting that object into a history. Earlier, later, latest: that’s the basic historical structure. Giotto was studied by ...

Canada’s residential schools and America’s Indian boarding schools were tools of genocide. Native children were kidnapped and sent away to “schools” more closely resembling concentration camps.

Celebrate the year of the Horse with the Top 10 Horse Paintings that highlight their significance in art and culture.

What can we learn about an artist from his or her final work of art? French historian and poet Bernard Chambaz thoughtfully mines this rich subject in a new book, The Last Painting, a deep dive into ...

A show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago challenges the timeworn critics’ contention that painting is dead, expanding the idea of what painting can be. By Jane L. Levere This article is part ...