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 For centuries, the glossy white shells of these small mollusks have adorned figures, masks, and garments in Africa. 

What happens when you shake up someone’s thinking process with something counterintuitive? 

Fine Indian textiles became sought-after commodities in the 1700s, impacting fashions from France to Japan.

A dancer takes a tour of the galleries to find artworks the celebrate the body in motion.

It took several baths and lots of TLC—all in keeping with the principle of reversibility—to get these rabbits ready for the public eye.

Sometimes art unexpectedly results from our desire to refine and organize information.

Their images may have been carved into stone, but their identity has been lost to time.

To become a working architect, Margaret McCurry had to forge a path through a profession that had been claimed by men.

What happens when a surrealist makes an addition to another artist’s creation?

Discover how quiltmaking opened up new worlds of creativity for the beloved Chicago artist in the mid-1980s.

Take a closer look at the making of the artist’s recent series of iPad paintings—plus discover his past works, inspirations, and Chicago connections.

The Great War had different effects on the lives of three metalsmiths who all traveled abroad to serve.

Part of this photograph’s power lies in the deterioration that seems to threaten it, as if the image were going to disappear soon.

With the help of Toulouse-Lautrec’s clever advertising, the celebrities of Montmartre became some of the best known individuals in Paris.

For architect Bruce Goff, artistic creativity in one medium bled into another, inspiring his original visions.

With respectful consideration of materials, techniques used in making, history, cultural value, and aesthetic significance, Brittany Dolph Dinneen and Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi from Emory University discuss this Kono helmet mask from the collection.

Learn how contemporary textile artists from across the globe have advanced the ancient and seemingly magical practice of turning thread into cloth.