Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian,' a banana taped to a wall, is just the latest in a long tradition of perishable art.

After the U.S. election, auctioneers are looking to woo reluctant bidders back. Watch these 6 bellwether artworks to see how ...

In the dead of night last spring, as rain fell in stubborn sheets upon the Sussex countryside, 79-year-old artist Maggi ...

In 1942, newly moved out of her family’s Helsinki apartment and living on her own, the Finnish artist Tove Jansson painted a self-portrait. She gave herself a cool confidence: steely gaze, striped ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.

"'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience,' from the time you enter to the time you leave, is the world, the life, the times and ...

Worcester Art Museum is hosting a traveling exhibition this fall, showcasing iconic 20th century nude paintings from the British Tate institution.

The three major houses are playing it safe, focusing on blue-chip names and leaving less space for discoveries on the ...

See the evolution of nude depictions in art throughout the 1900s — including works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse — ...

Andrew Turley knew little about art when he walked into an auction house and walked away with a $40,000 painting. It was the ...

Frank Auerbach, who escaped Nazi Germany on the eve of the Holocaust and grew up in England, where he became one of the most ...

Tate Modern to celebrate the provocative and boundary-pushing career of Leigh Bowery – one of the most fearless and original ...