The New York Historical Society showcases more than 100 famous paintings by artists of the Hudson River School, including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, John F. Kensett, Jasper F. Cropsey and Albert Bierstadt. Watch a video about the exhibitions.

Watch step by step as an artist creates a replica of a famous van Gogh painting. Can you tell the genuine article from the forgery?

This August, just in time for the Olympics, the U.S. will open a brand new embassy in Beijing. The $550m complex, designed by the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, will be one of the State Department’s largest foreign construction projects to date. To mark the occasion, the State Department plans to display master works by 18 American and Chinese contemporary artists.

A pioneer in the field of painting and multimedia, Rauschenberg passed away Monday night at age 82. Beyond his work, he was a primary member of the arts revolution …

José Clemente Orozco experienced the carnage and duplicity of the Mexican Revolution, the hardship following the New York stock market crash in 1929, and rising fascism in Europe. He emerged with an aesthetic and moral vision unparalleled in 20th-century painting. Discover the story of Mexico’s legendary muralist.