Watching the celebrations for the inauguration of the New York City mayor, my mind suddenly turned back to my intellectual ...

Frida Kahlo, 1933, by Magda Pach, from Smithsonian museum collections; Taj Mahal, completed 1643, Agra, India; Starry Night, ...

Overture: Islamic carpets in European paintings -- Works of art and art-historical narratives -- Monocultural art-history narratives -- Why monoculturalism is not the whole story -- What happens when ...

The Japanese-born art historian Reiko Tomii is one of those researchers who is both passionate about her subjects and recognized among her peers for her meticulous mapping of the cultural-intellectual ...

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet drew $12.1 million. By Zachary Small and Julia Halperin It ...