Sloan creates a narrative with a past and a future, some of it mysterious, some of it surreal, some of it funny.

How one is meant to interpret this painting, or the artist’s intent, is not clear. Adolf Ziegler, the Nazi functionary charged with overseeing the exhibition, perceived no ambiguity.

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.When you look at an abstract painting, study it for a ...

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

How to Use Renaissance Paintings to Improve the Farming of Tomorrow An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long ...