10 of the Most Unique Playgrounds in the U.S.
From St. Louis’s City Museum to the Little Debbie Park in Collegedale, Tennessee, discover the most unique playgrounds for kids across the United States.
From St. Louis’s City Museum to the Little Debbie Park in Collegedale, Tennessee, discover the most unique playgrounds for kids across the United States.
Clichés may be annoying in everyday life. But within the scope of this clever illustration, you'll be excited to find them.
Art conservators for the UK’s Royal Collection were in for quite a surprise when they set about cleaning a 17th-century oil painting.
Whether you love or hate this Easter candy, there’s no denying that marshmallow Peeps are an iconic part of the holiday.
The master of Americana often drew on real people for inspiration, including one little boy who grew up to be the chairman of Nintendo.
What caused the “flaming clouds of blood and swords” that inspired Edvard Munch to paint 'The Scream'?
Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow delighted Victorian audiences with his toned physique and weightlifting skills. But his statue at the British Museum didn’t last long.
Plenty of nepo babies have earned their places in history. But it’s always good to acknowledge the doors open to people who have rich relatives—or whose dad knows the manager of a clogging troupe.
Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”
American writer Gertrude Stein left a profound mark on 20th-century modernism through her literary work and her enthusiastic patronage of avant-garde art. Read on for more facts about her idiosyncratic life.
Traveling with two sharp sticks can get a little tricky.
René Magritte’s surrealist masterpiece is his most recognized painting—but you may never get to see the real thing.
U2 was at a breaking point when “One,” which has been repeatedly named one of the greatest songs of all time, brought the band back together.
Frank Frazetta redefined fantasy in the 20th century, one gloriously violent painting at a time.
In this 11-minute video, woodworker Frank Howarth makes what he calls an “inside-out Christmas ornament,” complete with a mini-Christmas tree inside.
Gyrecraft, a project from the design firm Studio Swine, shows how one person’s ocean trash is another’s sustainable art.
This digital art piece from Thomas Blanchard set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op. ,9 No. 2 is oddly soothing.
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a piece so ripe with symbolism that it inspires intense curiosity more than 500 years after it was painted.
They're the most famous chess pieces in history—but much of their story is still unknown
One of the paintings in the series was stolen from a museum and held for ransom. Another sold for a record-breaking price.
Louis Wain sketched, painted, and even animated cats throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with ‘Flag.’
In Latin America, el Día de los Muertos is a celebration of life and death, and an invitation for the deceased to return home once again to those who love them.
Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ is a deceptively simple portrait of lust and love. But beyond that glittery gold leaf, the work is full of fascinating facts.