It's easy to see the value of a Picasso painting now. But would you have bought one in 1905, before the artist was known? These siblings did.

How a little-known Oslo architecture firm landed three of the biggest commissions America had to give.

Cyberworld art star Ryan Trecartin makes over his band of merry collaborators—and takes Arthur Lubow inside his digital dreamscape.

Robert Isabell, the high-society party designer who died this past summer, conjured a vision of New York extravagance that may never exist again.

A traveling exhibition of China's terra cotta warriors sheds new light on the ruler whose tomb they guarded.

The Guggenheim Museum, turning 50 this year, showcases the trailblazer's mission to elevate American society through architecture.

John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of Iberian ham.

The Baroque master animated 17th-century Rome with his astonishing sculpture and architecture