Ancient Andean art can be challenging to teach to undergraduates. In order to explore the art these civilizations produced, students first have to understand the complex cultural contexts.

A spectacular, sprawling sixty-six-foot mosaic and a twenty-five-foot luminous multilayered glass painting by the acclaimed Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander will join the Museum’s collections this fall. The two site-specific works will be permanently installed at the newly renovated 20 Washington...

In this stunning recent acquisition, white seed beads arranged into repeating triangles create a dazzling positive-negative effect.

Epic Tales from India presents 91 paintings representing the major schools of South Asian painting from the 16th through the 19th century. The paintings have been selected from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, one of the most important collections of...