The stark black-and-white compositions do what Mapplethorpe did best: transform the socially unacceptable into formalist art through meticulous attention to light, shadow and balance.

PEMBROKE, NC – For four UNC Pembroke art students and their faculty mentors, a recent trip to New York City was more than just a visit — it was an immersive journey into the heart of artistic ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order ...

Some of the most important Iron Age artefacts ever found in the UK are on show in York for the first time in 2,000 years. The artefacts are being displayed in the foyer area of the Yorkshire Museum, ...

Federal employees who work at a tiny agency that funds the nation's libraries and museums expect to be put on administrative leave in the next few days, less than a week after President Donald ...

• A Swiss tech firm claims parts of The Bath of Diana may be by Rubens. • Yet a leading scholar cites technical flaws and poor quality. A new artificial intelligence analysis has reignited ...

The Canadian-born broadcasting legend who co-founded PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in 1975 made the Upper West Side apartment his sanctuary after stepping away from the anchor desk in 1995.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has started pushing a statewide crackdown on masked protesters in her closed-door negotiations with Albany lawmakers — despite largely abandoning the issue publicly. Sources ...

In “The Maverick’s Museum,” Blake Gopnik presents the contradictory, intriguing, infuriating man behind the Barnes Collection. By Janny Scott Janny Scott’s most recent book is “The ...

Sure, you can learn about the American Revolution in history books. Or you can experience it in real life—in the actual place where history was made—during this upcoming exhibit at Fraunces ...

The chairman of the Centrum Rubenianum says a condition report makes it clear the work “is not the real thing" A version of Rubens's ‘The Bath of Diana’, the authenticity of which is disputed.