The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced ... for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the ...

Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney is a well-deserved canonization of one of the 20th century’s greatest dance artists.

Pop Art emerged in the mid-20th century as a vibrant and groundbreaking art movement that challenged traditional notions of ...

A new analysis of the artist's "The Little Cat" has uncovered ... that connected works by renowned late 19th- and early 20th-century artists Sonja Anderson The robbers only made away with two ...

Click the image for a short interactive piece on this famous print by Hokusai: Course description: This is a survey of avant-garde modern art from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth ...

R.B. Kitaj was an American artist known for his expressive ... and Judeo-Christian mysticism embedded in the early 20th-century literature of Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin into his art practice.

Advancing technology enabled the recording of classical music and jazz, which in turn lead to the rise of globe-straddling artists ... 20th Century. Shostakovich, in particular, was persecuted by the ...

intricate drawings on view at the American Folk Art Museum are anything but simple Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the Impressionist's triumphs—and struggles The Chinese ...

You don't have to be an art lover to appreciate the Museum of Modern Art; this airy midtown gallery also doubles as a shrine of pop culture and 20th century history. Some of the most significant ...