Artist Tacita Dean's new show at Menil Collection inspired by residency at Cy Twombly Gallery features drawings, film, epic ...

Sleep amid surrealists at London’s Broadwick Soho, or wake up to contemporary favourites at New Hotel in Athens – indulge in ...

Agnes Martin and Vija Celmins are two master painters of silence. Brice Marden ’s letter drawing, Sarah Charlesworth’s painting of a book with blank pages and Claes Oldenburg’s notebook page in the ...

The Pulitzer-prize winning writer and essayist talks about his love of art and how he reconciles two challenging roles.

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

The February art scene turns a bit quiet and contemplative with major shows, like the Museum of Fine Art's "Gauguin in the ...

By A.O. Scott These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle ...

In his latest book, Cass R. Sunstein lays out what the U.S. owes to the rest of the world. Ada Calhoun’s debut novel about a middle-aged wife and mother offers a wry critique of the sexual ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle The Daily Mail Books department ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...