The etymological history of the word “shibboleth,” understood today as an expression or pronunciation that “distinguishes people of one group or class from those of another,” traces back nearly 3,000 ...

Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment ...

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was a protege of Auguste Rodin and shaped the Harlem Renaissance. The African American Museum in ...

When artificial intelligence usurps art history Cubism was one of the great art movements of the first quarter of the 20th century, helmed by iconic artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and ...

The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...

Among the other sculptures in the museum's North Garden, it is the only one by a living artist, and the only one by a Chicago ...

Prosecutors in New York said Philbrick committed “one of the most significant frauds in the art market in history.” He pleaded guilty to wire fraud in November 2021 and was sentenced to prison ...

“Versailles: Science and Splendour” is at London’s Science Museum through April 21, 2025.

Philbrick’s $86-million scheme, the largest art fraud in American history, saw him fake documents, conceal ownership interests and invent a fictional art collector as he collateralized and ...

By Sam Lubell Des Moines Art Center to Demolish Work and Pay Land Artist $900,000 The artist Mary Miss agreed to the settlement, ending a yearlong battle to save her work. The museum said her ...

The linguistic history of the letter H is disputed ... the treatment of the letter has come to be regarded as a “kind of shibboleth of social position” or background. In Northern Ireland ...