Shahzia Sikander's "The Last Post," a video installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, mesmerizes as an abstracted examination of colonialism.

In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...

In the early 20th century, Paris presented something America couldn’t: independence. For a generation of women, the City of ...

You don’t have to be an art expert to appreciate a good painting, especially when it comes from Black female painters who are revolutionizing the art world with every brushstroke. From bold portraits ...

New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

The Hirshhorn, the Asian Art and African Art museums, and the National Museum of the American Indian had to close on Sunday.

Aside from its public-friendly museum, the Center also houses the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, ...

Located in a secluded convent outside of Florence, the 600-year-old artwork was concealed behind layers of paint for most of ...

Four Smithsonian museums on the National Mall remained closed Tuesday as crews worked to resolve heating, ventilation and air ...