When oil painter Richard Abraham was growing up on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he’d spend time in his local library’s art section. Books on illustration and painting, he recalled, were right next to ...

Artwork in children’s books brings layers to the story and does the work of capturing the big, small moments in kids’ lives, ...

President Donald Trump, by virtue of winning a second term and so dramatically reshaping the country and the world, can now ...

Art Diary, I include three exhibitions involving gardens – at Gainsborough's House, Philip Mould and Company, and Waddesdon ...

The great hall stands as the castle’s interior masterpiece, with its soaring ceiling, massive fireplace that looks like it could roast an entire ox (or at least a very ambitious turkey), and long ...

Lorna Simpson found the meteorite on eBay. “It was for a great price,” she told me, declining to give the exact figure, ...

Here’s why this photograph, with its sensation of psychological disconnection, works – and the compact Leica gear behind it ...

Art has this incredible power to reach right into our hearts. Whether it’s a splash of color that captures a wild, free spirit in watercolor, or the perfect shades of gray in a black-and-white photo ...

Are you jumping for joy because you love your new hamster mouse, or because your new hamster mouse was less than $20? Hard to ...

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.