On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

Alabama hides a secret paradise where reality seems to blur into an Impressionist masterpiece – the Huntsville Botanical Garden is where stressed-out humans go to remember how to breathe again.

The painting above was made in 1945 by self-taught artist Janet Sobel; it’s called Milky Way. Sobel was a Ukrainian-born artist who was a pioneer in abstract expressionist art and in drip painting; ...