Masterpiece Story: Statue of Liberty
On a small island just out of New York City’s harbor, Lady Liberty greets anyone arriving in the United States from the Atlantic Ocean. Over the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 4 January 2026
#New York City
Masterpiece Story: Manhattan by George Grosz
Manhattan is a masterpiece by George Grosz that expresses the grandeur and struggle of 1940s New York...
James W Singer, 4 January 2026
Watch Basquiat Painting Live Downtown
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Haitian-American artist who first gained attention as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo known for its cryptic...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 December 2025
Keith Haring’s Graffiti in New York Subway
When Keith Haring moved from Pennsylvania to New York City to be an art student, he was inspired by the graffiti art that he saw covering subway cars...
Rachel Istvan 22 December 2025
Like a Flame—Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 22 December 2025
Tiffany Glass and the American Art Nouveau Movement
Tiffany Glass is one of the most recognizable expressions of art to emerge at the turn of the 20th century and is a fine example of the American Art...
Maya M. Tola 13 December 2025
Art Nouveau: 10 Most Beautiful Buildings in the World
Art Nouveau was an international style in architecture and design that emerged in the late 19th century. With so many options to choose from, it is...
Rachel Witte 10 December 2025
Maurizio Cattelan and His Golden America
In 2018, the White House requested to borrow Vincent van Gogh’s painting Landscape With Snow from the Guggenheim Museum for the Trumps’ living...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 December 2025
New York in 10 Unexpected Paintings
One of the most recognizable works of art about New York City is a song. When the opening vamp begins to play (especially if it’s Frank...
Sam Malone 20 November 2025
Powerful or Problematic? Robert Mapplethorpe’s Photographs
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe shocked the world with his images of bondage, gay sex, female bodybuilders and naked black men. Technically brilliant or politically problematic, what do you think?
Candy Bedworth, Guest Author 4 November 2025
Photographer Nan Goldin: Tender Truth Teller
Nan Goldin is an American photographer. She is just as famous for her art as she is for social activism, particularly around gay and transgender...
Candy Bedworth 4 November 2025
Karl Bodmer’s Portraits of Native Americans
The 2021 Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City showcased compelling 19th-century...
Alexandra Kiely 3 November 2025
