It’s shaping up to be another season of riveting shows opening at museums across the U.S. Here are six to check out over the ...

Museumgoers viewing art—that’s usually the finish line in the fine artist’s creative process. But for Joe Fig, it’s just the beginning. In Fig’s latest exhibition, Contemplating Vermeer, the audience ...

Jerrell Gibbs’ large-scale figurative paintings of family, friends, and community focus on everyday scenes of Black life.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) Self-Portrait, Wearing a Flat Cap, c. 1642 Etching, state 1(3) Plate: 3 11/16 x 2 7/16 in. (9.4 x 6.2 cm) Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, 15 B26, NHD 210 An ...

In Diego Velázquez’s cryptic Las Meninas (1656), a portrait session appears to be in progress. The young Infanta Margaret Theresa, King Philip IV of Spain’s first child, is resplendently posed in the ...

Viewing fine art can move and inspire people. It also helps reduce stress and the risk of developing chronic diseases, new research suggests. Researchers at the King's College of London divided 50 ...

Standing next to paintings, sculpture and other artwork in a museum isn't necessary anymore and Indiana University's Eskenazi Museum of Art offers "Collections Online." It's a web-based portal the ...

"We always want to respect our donors," says Julia Dolan, Portland Art Museum (PAM)'s senior photography curator. "But we're ...

More than 60 people have attended a special private viewing to allow naturists to visit a museum. Dorset Museum in Dorchester offered the opportunity to wander through its galleries naked on Tuesday ...

The Salem Museum has two new treasures -- a watercolor of Salem's Water Street neighborhood by late favorite son artist Walter Biggs and a view of the town by Salem artist Harriett Stokes. The Stokes ...