Unknown artist, "Mummy portrait of a young woman named Eirene from Egypt” detail (c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE), encaustic on wood panel (image via Wikimedia Commons) Already a member? Sign in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Portland Museum of Art was founded in 1882 as the Portland Society of ...

Representations of queerness span wide swaths of Western art history: in Ancient Greek art, representations of sexual relationships between men abound, and although eroticism was shunned in mainstream ...

[Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images] Art has long accompanied the arrival of the Olympics in a city. Budgets might vary, but the Games are the largest event out there. Local organizations and ...

Let’s begin with two forms of Black conservatism. One is social and the other is artistic. For an excellent description of social conservatism, read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2008 essay, “This Is How We Lost ...

The Botanical Artist is a 36-page 4-color journal published quarterly by the American Society of Botanical Artists, a non-profit organization dedicated to perpetuating the tradition and contemporary ...

Art crime is woven throughout museums, galleries and private collections alike. From forgeries to the theft of its most valuable painting, the University of Arizona Museum of Art has an art crime ...