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5 Self-Portraits Famous Authors Doodled in Their Own Books
Kurt Vonnegut, in particular, loved to give fans a little extra artistic flourish with his signature.
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Artist Plans to Launch a Giant Sculpture Into Orbit
Trevor Paglen's sculptural satellite will spend two months in low-Earth orbit before burning up in the atmosphere.
Cape Town Is Now Home to Africa's Largest Contemporary Art Museum
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened its doors to the public on September 22.
15 Things You Should Know About Jacques-Louis David's 'Napoleon Crossing the Alps'
It was a gift to Napoleon—though he didn't get to keep it.
6 Peak Sneak-Peek Paintings from the New Bob Ross Art Book
More than 300 of the public television celebrity's signature landscape paintings have been collected into a coffee table book.
A Pair of New Museums Will Honor Fashion Icon Yves Saint Laurent
We're already donning our smoking jackets.
Microscopic Videos Provide a Rare Close-Up Glimpse of the Natural World
Here are the top 2017 winners of Nikon’s annual Small World in Motion digital video competition.
‘American Gothic’ Became Famous Because Many People Saw It as a Joke
The painting has its ambiguity to thank for its icon status.
Get Your GIFs Ready for This International Public Domain GIF-Making Competition
Hosted by digital libraries in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, GIF IT UP honors the best animated images that use public domain images.
The Library of Congress Wants Your Help Identifying World War I-Era Political Cartoons
The Library of Congress has a new digital innovation lab, and its first task is to make its archive of historical newspapers more search-friendly.
Berlin Is Now Home to the World's Largest Street Art Museum
The Museum for Urban Contemporary Art has an ever-changing mural-covered façade and a collection filled with works by international and local artists alike.
Brigido Lara, the Artist Whose Pre-Columbian Fakes Fooled Museums Around the World
Lara's skills as a master forger got him out of jail—but by then his frauds were all over the world.
The Mountains of Kong: The Majestic West African Range That Never Existed
It appeared on plenty of maps, but was completely fictional.
Meet Crayola’s Newest Crayon Color: Bluetiful
It’s a lot punnier than Crayony McCrayonface.
Meet the 12-Year-Old Boy Who Makes Surreal-Looking Dolls Using Found Materials
Some dolls are cutesy, but not Callum Grujicich's fantastical creations.
6 Great (and Not-So-Great) Works of Art Made by Robots
Roboticists are working hard to engineer the next Picasso.
6 Valuable Works of Art Discovered in People's Attics and Garages
Priceless artworks aren’t always displayed in museums or owned by private collectors.
Get an Early Peek at Winter With This Touring Snowman Sculpture
Just in case you need to snap out of your pumpkin spice spell.
Coming to London Next Year: Frida Kahlo's Fashionable Clothes
In addition to her role as an artist and activist, Kahlo was a style icon. An upcoming exhibit at a London museum will celebrate her unique fashions.
6 Beautiful Botanical Sketches From History
Botanical Sketchbooks, a new book by Helen and William Bynum, collects some of the best drawings of the world's flora dating back to the 15th century.
Do We Actually Know What Shakespeare Looked Like?
Even 400 years after Shakespeare's death, scholars are still debating.
Artist Screen-Prints Fabrics With Bacteria
The process is environmentally friendly and the results are beautiful.
Artist Screen-Prints Fabrics With Bacteria
The process is environmentally friendly and the results are beautiful.
Ai Weiwei is Crowdfunding His Latest Art Project: A Series of Security Fences Around New York
Called <em>Good Fences Make Good Neighbors</em>, these individual artworks will examine themes like immigration, borders, and cultural division.