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Jimmy Phillips with his version of a paintbrush.

The Chainsaw Artist Who Saved a Pair of Historic Texas Trees

Live oaks are part of League City’s DNA. When two of them got sick, the City brought in a local artist with a beautiful solution.

Sponsored by Visit League City

Scull’s <em>Cowtastrophe</em> boasts not just incredible detail, but also a delightful name.

This Small Texas Museum Celebrates the Art of the Wild West

The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, began as a home for a group of “Cowboy Artists”—and has since expanded its purview to represent a more inclusive catalog of Western Art.

Sponsored by Kerrville Convention & Visitors Bureau

Wendell Gilley Museum

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Wendell Gilley Museum

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

Outside of the museum

Lisbon, Portugal

House-Museum of Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

Country House

Viciebsk, Belarus

Zdravnevo

The country estate of renowned Ukrainian-born artist Ilya Repin.

Elizabeth Siddall posed for hours in freezing water for Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais's "Ophelia."

The Real Women Behind Art’s Masterpieces

History’s best-known muses were artists in their own right.

Sarah Durn April 29, 2022

Skissernas Museum

The Lund University's former gym houses a museum focusing on the creative process of art.

Weaving a traditional palm leaf basket

Tuvalu Women’s Handicraft Centre

Ancient weaving techniques are used to create these colorful souvenirs.

Muelle's graffiti in Montera street

Muelle's Graffiti

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

Cement sculpted Trophy Buck

Centreville, Nova Scotia

Charles Macdonald Concrete House

Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

View from outside

Silvana Nakamura Mosaico

This artist's studio is decorated inside and out with tiles, mosaics, and ceramic dishware.

Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin'

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Nuremberg, Germany

Albrecht Dürer's Grave

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

A picturesque part of Montsalvat.

Eltham, Australia

Montsalvat

Australia's oldest artists' colony.

Tube worms crowd around the Matterhorn, a hydrothermal vent in the Gulf of California, photographed by ROV <em>SuBastian</em> during a recent expedition that included artist-at-sea Ale de la Puente.

A Deep Dive Into the Intersection of Art and Science With an Artist-at-Sea

Ale de la Puente collaborates with researchers to explore new ways of understanding our universe.

Gemma Tarlach December 3, 2021

The French Shore Interpretation Centre

Conche, Newfoundland and Labrador

French Shore Interpretation Centre

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

Dresden, Germany

'Der Krieg War'

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Museum of Museums

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.