The first exhibition of paintings that would come to be described as Impressionism opened in Paris on April 15, 1874.

Little known outside of Singapore and Malaysia, Georgette Chen was an iconic artist of the Nanyang Style.

Isabella Rosner’s Stitching Freedom showcases embroidered works made by the incarcerated and examines this craft’s historical popularity behind bars.

Marbled paper was a way to make banknotes and checks unique—a critical characteristic for a nascent American Republic.

Hokusai’s watery woodblock print is such a common sight that most people tend to look past the peril at its center.

Christina of Milan, Duchess of Milan, used an unusual tool to avoid becoming one of Henry VIII's unfortunate wives—the royal portrait.

On the 85th anniversary of the first xerographic print, a collection of punk flyers from Cornell University provides an object lesson on (anti-)art in the age of mechanical reproduction.

Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance painters were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.

William Henry Fox Talbot’s obsession with protecting his pioneering photographic process doomed his reputation and reduced his legacy to historical footnote.

Women’s roles as icons ranged from being seductive and erotic to mythical and religious as they imparted social, political, and ethical values.