Sally Mann at her home studio in Lexington, Va., on August 16, 2025. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption
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A painting by Rigoberto Gonzalez, titled Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas, was singled out by the White House in a list of artworks and exhibitions it found objectionable. Rigoberto A. González hide caption
Patrons view a portrait of President Trump in the America's Presidents exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on May 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption
For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
Ruth Asawa, Albert's Rose Bouquet (PF.564), 1990; private collection. This bouquet, given to the artist around Mother's Day in May 1990 by her husband, Albert Lanier, was among the many Asawa sketched over the years. © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier Inc., courtesy David Zwirner; photo: James Paonessa hide caption
Arewà Basit poses in front of Trans Forming Liberty (2024), a 10-foot oil painting by Amy Sherald for which she served as the model. Sansho Scott/BFA.com hide caption
Painter Amy Sherald reimagines the 'American sublime' in new show
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, Jamese Jefferson and Gloria Bollock, 1992, acrylic on Hydrocal plaster life cast Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution hide caption
A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented, a researcher says. China Photos/Getty Images hide caption
The Wichita Art Museum in Wichita, Kan., says more young people have been attending exhibitions since it decided to stop charging admissions for its permanent collection in 2023.
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"50 Years of Hope and HA-HAs" is the first Vietnamese American art exhibit to open in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, according to the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption
A diptych from Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's "xhairymutantx." The work, originally commissioned as part of a larger piece for the 2024 Whitney Biennial, is among those offered for sale at Christie's landmark AI art auction. Christie's Images Ltd. 2025 hide caption
Christie’s AI art auction inspires protests – and more art
An infrared image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto, revealing another portrait underneath. The Courtauld Institute of Art/The Courtauld Institute of Art hide caption
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Louvre visitors in front of The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese in June 2024. The painting is among several masterworks that may soon cease to play "second fiddle'" to the Mona Lisa. Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday. Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
Artist Nicholas Galanin's piece Seletega recalls Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who ordered his ships sunk after landing in Mexico in the early 1500s. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
At Miami’s Art Basel fair, elephants and a buried ship are bringing out the locals
Mickalene Thomas' 2015 work "Afro Goddess Looking Forward." Rhinestones, acrylic, and oil on wood panel Mickalene Thomas/The Barnes Foundation hide caption
Mickalene Thomas makes art that 'gives Black women their flowers'
University of Chicago student Rudra Patel happily shows off the work of famed artist Ando Hiroshige that he'll get to display in his dorm room for one year. Hiroshige was a master of Japanese woodblock printing whose work focused on landscapes and everyday life in Edo-period Japan. Alison Cuddy for NPR hide caption
University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room
Artist Titus Kaphar has a new film out called Exhibiting Forgiveness. He's shown above with his artwork From Whence I Came, ahead of his 2022 exhibition at the Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill gallery in London. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
Amy Sherald, As soft as she is..., 2023. Courtesy of Amy Sherald and Hauser & Wirth hide caption
Portrait of OSGEMEOS. Filipe Berndt hide caption
People gather to look at an artwork by street artist Banksy depicting two pelicans catching fish, painted on top of a fish-and-chips shop in Walthamstow, northeast London, on Aug. 9. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption