The restless perfectionism of Alberto Giacometti
A monumental exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum cover the sculptor and portraitist's four-decade career
Arts
Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms," then and now
The artist's illustrations of American ideals are on tour, along with contemporary artists' reimaginings of the Four Freedoms today
A portrait of America
A new exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles tells a history of the United States, both tough and whimsical, through photographs from the Library of Congress
The connection between busy hands and brain chemistry
Occupying our hands - through work, chores or art - can engage our brains and alleviate anxiety
Savants: An acquired artistry
A childhood injury left Alonzo Clemons with severe brain damage; unable to read, write or do math, he can nonetheless create beautiful sculptures with his bare hands
Savants: A sudden talent at painting
After Ione Kuhner was diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer's, she started painting, demonstrating a remarkable trait among some dementia patients who suddenly exhibit new talents
Savants: A talent for calendars
George Widener's art is awash with numbers, dates and days - a sign of his uncanny ability to identify the day of the week any date falls on, in the past or the future
Brush with madness
Vincent Van Gogh is just one of scores of artists, writers and musicians who are known or believed to have suffered from mental illness. Is there a relationship between mania and creativity?
How Georg Baselitz turned the art world upside-down
Inverted paintings are the long-time trademark of the German-born artist, who at 80 is the subject of a retrospective in Washington, D.C.
The pioneering prints of Dox Thrash
Using a new process called carborundum mezzotint, the artist rendered the African American experience in an illuminating new way
Documenting poverty: Photographing the forgotten
Matt Black's images of communities mired in poverty, featuring people of all races and cultures, capture experiences that are too often deemed separate from America
Computer creativity: When AI turns its gaze to art
"Machine learning" is now being applied to instruct artificial intelligence in how to create paintings and music
An exhibition of workers at the National Portrait Gallery
The Washington, D.C. exhibit "The Sweat of Their Faces" features depictions of workers - an untraditional subject of portraiture
Chicago's Lighthouses: Shedding light on artists with disabilities
A public art exhibition features 51 artworks serving as beacons to illuminate and celebrate the potential of people with disabilities
David Bowie and his ever-evolving self-portrait
An exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum is a tribute to an artist who changed so often, yet always stayed true to himself
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