For most of the last four decades, Pattern and Decoration art seemed wonderfully outré to many observers, an eccentric violation of the standards and norms of serious painting and sculpture that was ...

Some patterns transcend decoration to become culturally iconic: think William Morris’s ‘Strawberry Thief,’ Maija Isola’s bold ‘Unikko’ poppies or Orla Kiely’s playful ‘Stem’ motif. Designs like these ...

Emile-Allain Séguy was enamored with the overlooked wonders of the natural world. Namely, its insects, from the brilliant wings of butterflies to the less-loved forms of beetles, grasshoppers, ...

The people in these images truly are men and women of steel. They are individuals who labored to create the foundation for many items, from steel beams for buildings and steel tools for operating ...

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Goes Big and Goes Winslow Homer in a Splendid Show A Catfight in a Snake Pit in Philly’s Art Museum NRPLUS Conference Call with Meir Soloveichik and Rich Lowry Dracula ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. Trees are loosely ...

The techniques in making kapa a traditional fiber art of Hawaii result in bold and colorful linear and geometric patterns. Made from the fibers of native plants, kapa (or bark cloth) was used ...

“We connect after dinner (with a burning paper and a falling stone)” by Michael Van Winkle is on display at Albany Library’s Pine Hills branch on Western Avenue. Richard Garrison’s “New Fiction Color ...

Over the past six years, the High has more than quintupled its holdings of quilts made by Black women—many of which are on view in this fascinating but approachable show. A quilt by an unidentified ...