After colonialism, they wanted a new world. Architects built it.

A Beatles exhibit aims to make ‘Get Back’ a museum experience

In the galleries: Voyages through time, space and the seas

Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence

A portrait competition that stretches the definition of a likeness

On the streets of Kabul, a young man forges ahead

In the galleries: A Japanese master’s influence on contemporary images

In long-awaited Philip Guston show, great art comes with a warning

Behind this picture’s intimacy, a complex portrait of the artist

Smithsonian updates collection policy to promote ethical returns

In the galleries: Objects of ruin build images of D.C. history

Venice takes a surreal turn, not for the better

The Library of Congress owns 15 million photos. 400 are on view now.

Hermann Nitsch, Austrian artist of the avant-garde, dies at 83

A great Venice Biennale unfolds, against all the odds

In the galleries: Where simple techniques reveal complex visions