Kari Bell believes art is not only an expression of emotion, it can be used as a tool for resistance and freedom.

The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost your well-being, a new research study has found, and this benefit can be gained in a hospital setting as well as an art gallery.

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

In February 2013, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm’s national museum of modern art, opened a blockbuster show, “Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction,” heralding a then-obscure Swedish artist—a woman, ...