Paul Jones

Five avian-loving staff members guide you to their favorite bird-centered works of art.

For some visitors to the museum, looking at art is a religious experience.

The relationship between artist and model is often personal and complex—and it can add depth and power to a work of art.

Through his painting, the artist hoped to create a spiritual connection to the world, to more intensely feel its tremor and pulse.

In the devastated landscape of Blume’s world, mystery and hope strike a vibrant balance.

There’s something extraordinary about the Art Institute lions, something that could only come from the vision of a remarkable artist.

Sixty years after Van Gogh died, his nephew took photographer Peter Pollack on a tour of places where his uncle had lived and painted.

Twenty-two years ago, he was a student working to pay his way through design school, when the museum’s director of design decided to give him a chance.

Sometimes paintings can play with your memories and even help you to compose your past.

Though it’s tempting to consign ruins to the past, many artworks remind us that their presence is more than mere physicality.

Sometimes a work of art is in the right place at the right time—and the result is a kind of collective fever.

The conservation of works of art happens behind the scenes and at its best is something you don’t even notice.

Innovation and creativity are not only things Sam has practiced his entire life—they are essential, he insists, for the future of museums.

The artist drove himself to capture what was changing right before his eyes.

Lengthy, flowing strokes radiate out from the trees to define the dazzling sky—this is not a sun that is sinking into the darkness.