Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

VAIL – According to choreographer Michael Smuin, there are only two kinds of dance.”Good and bad,” Smuin said. “You let the eyes of the people who are watching decide. Art is subjective.” Smuin is the ...

For more than 25 years, New York–based architect Robert A.M. Stern has designed buildings that seamlessly fit into—and enrich—the Manhattan skyline. There’s the famous limestone 15 Central Park West, ...

If something exists, chances are someone’s already turned it into a meme. And classical paintings? They were practically made for it. With dramatic scenes, bold colors, and wildly expressive faces, ...

Curved lines and block colors in shades of orange, yellow and blue create the image of an artist, framed by a border of abstract shapes. Look a little closer and you can see the artist’s beret with ...

VAIL – Classical and contemporary dance forms will each have their evening in the spotlight July 31 and Aug. 2 as the Vail International Dance Festival’s Different Dimensions will serve up “a festival ...

Foreword -- This thing of darkness: on the shifting role of myth in art -- Creation myths: the origins of gods and men -- The monster in the maze: Theseus and the Minotaur -- Divine wanderers: roaming ...

Sotheby’s will offer an African reliquary statue in its contemporary art evening sale in New York during the week of June 29, marking the first time a work of classical African art will be auctioned ...

Paintings by the old masters are timeless works of art. Some would say they're priceless and should never be touched. Others dare to put a price on them (like the $500 million for da Vinci's "Salvator ...