Sometimes, what we see in art is not the whole story. Many classic painters were true masters of illusion, skillfully embedding hidden figures, double meanings, and visual tricks into their works. If ...

Nikon's Small World competition recognizes the best microscope photographs of the year. Microscopy is an art and a science, revealing the alien beauty of the hidden world all around us. The 2022 ...

Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat is a deceptively simple image of a real-life murder. But a closer look at David's iconic painting reveals the political messages contained within. Great art ...

In their naturalism and immediacy, Renaissance portraits communicate to us across time. But as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance” ...

A new American wing draws on feminist and racially and ethnically diverse thinking to spotlight 400 exceptional works in its collection. The Brooklyn Museum’s reinstalled American Art collection ...

A thrift shop owner inspired a nationwide search after posting about the hidden surprise concealed in a framed work of art. Posting to TikTok, Danielle Rose (@speaksforitself) shared a video showing ...