It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...

The new film "Death of a Unicorn," starring Jenna Ortega, features the mythical beast as a brutal killer. From purity to immortality, unicorns have been featured in works of art throughout the ...

The Museum of Modern Art in NYC has graciously loaned a selection of 26 etchings, lithographs and woodcuts to the Princeton Art Museum for this distinguished exhibition of the artist, Edvard Munch ...

In late 19th century Paris an artistic movement to explore the mystical, from incubi to chimeras and femininity to saints as well as an assortment of mythological creatures was on the rise. What first ...

Animals have a longstanding relationship with the fine and decorative arts. From claw-footed Chippendale furniture to William Wegman's photographs of Weimaranars, animals have attracted and encouraged ...

Ahead of Sotheby’s gold-only auction, we look at how the pricey material has been used throughout history "The language of gold remains universal," said Sotheby's in a press release, "The precious ...

A creative person who organically flows in, out and through various expressions of themselves is indeed a unique individual. You find them undefined by the medium they work in as they seem to ...

They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many other artists before and since? When we think about ...