Does a ubiquitous New York street artist deserve a year in prison because of a fish mural?

If a great artist is someone who captures the (deranged) spirit of his time, then the MAGA painter is the real deal

Artist Leena McCall wants to know why her work was pulled from a women's art show

The artist talks to Salon about sexual fluidity, his album and upcoming graphic novel—watch his new video here

Even in books dedicated to his work, famed comic artist Jack Kirby's drawings never appear on the cover

Visual work by William S. Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, Sylvia Plath and other greats

Ingmar Bergman changed the face of filmmaking -- and may have been the 20th century's greatest artist.

Sonic Youth star corrects the record: Why she doesn't see herself as a musician, a rock star or a New Yorker

A core, elite group of aesthetes once determined what art was "important." That's no longer true

Chris Brown gets in brawls with everyone. And now — color me OMG — he's into religious self-portraiture

As Dylan's classic "Blonde on Blonde" turns 50, I try to reconcile my politics with my search for what art endures

A teacher becomes obsessed with a charismatic family in Claire Messud's fierce portrait of thwarted creativity

What the paintings by Its prisoners tell us about our humanity and theirs

The quality of absence characterizing my mother's Alzheimer's also seemed to characterize our family

This new book is as much about the history of lesbians in this country as it is about their art.