Denounced as "heathen," then touted as tasteful, cremation in America has lately taken a turn for the tacky.

How do we think of authorship and ownership when artworks come from so many different creative individuals?

A fascinating documentary explores a Finnish dump being built with the hopes we won't remember it's there

In "Four Lost Cities," an author illuminates what we can glean from the growth and decline of early civilizations

Art fairs aimed at the masses, rather than wealthy collectors, are popular. What's the real value of the work sold?

Web art is being included in this year's Whitney Biennial, but will the museum's validation make it any easier to buy, sell or even define Internet art?

The "Remains of the Day" author's latest is a strange hybrid of genre and realism that doesn't always connect

Art by Zimmerman and George W. Bush grabs national attention because it seems like a window into their minds

Is the "Museum of Non-Visible Art" a serious endeavor? A hoax? A real-life "Emperor's New Clothes"?

The lives of real archaeologists are even stranger than fiction, and a whole lot harder

Art curators may not like it, but there's no real reason to ban taking photos

Art and AI have this in common: Traditionally, the more lifelike a work, the more skilled it was thought to be

A traveling exhibition brings the work of the self-taught painter (and R.E.M. cover artist) into the spotlight

Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland