“Carreta de la Muerte,” Patrocinio Barela, 1953, carved wood, leather. (Courtesy of New Mexico Museum of Art/Addison Doty) Art experts have often pigeonholed New Mexican wood carving into categories ...

The historical significance of wood in Japanese architecture is well-established. What often intrigues Western observers is the unique interpretation of the symbolism associated with it. A notable ...

When an art museum reinstalls its permanent collection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper, perspectives can be freshened, recent scholarship given a platform and surprises unwrapped. Last ...

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The opening is well-deserved, as it will mark the culmination of a nearly 20-year campaign to build a dedicated home for the display of contemporary art. Founded in 2005, MSN Warsaw primarily acquires ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover art, design, culture and people. This article is more than 5 years old. Bold dashes of brass, gold, and soft feminine ...

Much of modern farmhouse style — the shiplap, natural materials and distressed finishes popularized by magazines and shows such as HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” — evokes a simpler time in a vague, nostalgic ...

In sixty-six years of multifarious art works by Jasper Johns, the subject of a huge retrospective that is split between the Whitney Museum, in New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I can think ...

Led by artists Jawad Selim and Shakir Hassan Al Said, the Baghdad Modern Art Group sprang up in the roaring art scene and political ebullience of 1950s Iraq. Through painting, sculpture, architecture, ...