The enduring influence of the egalitarian religious sect known as the Shakers is on full view at Vitra Design Museum.

This season's visual art exhibitions highlight memory and resilience, from an immersive installation examining home at the ...

Nathan Lane, left, and Robin Williams, right, in a scene from the movie “The Birdcage,” an adaptation of the French comedy, “La Cage aux Folles.” It screens as part of the Pride Month QFEST movie ...

In 1952, she and her friend Marianne Mantell founded Caedmon Records, putting out LP records of poets and authors reading ...

Popularized in anime like "Death Note" and "Bleach," shinigami are said to be beings that lure the living to their deaths — but the precise origins of these spirits in Japanese culture have long been ...

The humble quilt has long been a major player in folk art museums around ... form into the broader story of American identity, stitch by stitch. From 18th-century heirlooms to works made as ...

Near the rugged mountains of Yellowstone you'll find the Whitney Western Art Museum, a world-class celebration of the American West ... Nigerian headdresses to 18th-century British tea kettles ...

Christie’s is kicking off the new year with news of an exciting discovery for collectors of American art and folk art ... rare double-sided portrait by 18th-century artist Ammi Phillips ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably ... The stages of American folk music began with early folk, which spanned from the late 18th century through ...

The place was, Gevalt learned, a key incubator of the nascent American ideal ... for its source. Folk art, a catch-all term popularized in the early 20th century for homespun work made by ...