The ambitious new retrospective charts the Renaissance master’s rise from tiny Urbino to the Vatican, opening a door on his personal world.

Noel W. Anderson’s “Black Excellence” at the University Art Museum in Albany explores Black identity, media, erasure, and ...

Works newly attributed to the Renaissance artist had exciting stories behind them. But experts say they are unlikely to be by his hand.

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...

In your five years in our program, you’ll become an expert in the field through study rooted in careful examination of the specific properties and idiosyncrasies of art objects. You’ll contribute ...

Charles Gaines '67 MFA (art and design), a pivotal figure in the field of conceptual art, has an upcoming exhibition in RIT’s University Gallery that traces a loose arc of his career and illustrates ...

They've been immortalized on canvas as rulers, angels, or ragged but endearing street children. Why have children been depicted so differently across the centuries? Philip I of Castile made his ...

A Lady Writing (a cover letter) by Johannes Vermeer (1665) (edit Shari Flores/Hyperallergic, courtesy Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) Obtaining a computer science degree once seemed like ...

Earlier this semester, a group of scholars gathered at Yale for a day-long discussion about a subject of surprising weight: feathers. The workshop, called “Feathers: A Transcultural Art History,” grew ...

Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than ever. For many, the ...

Undergraduates Haley Hyde and Matthew Vivirito created the Mobile Interdisciplinary Networking Exhibition (M.I.N.E.) to bring art out of a museum and into the community. Jade Gutierrez graduated with ...

As an avid reader of art books, I’m especially excited to dive into these titles—they promise to inspire, challenge and deepen our understanding of art and its enduring impact. Whether you’re drawn to ...