Join Olivia Mendelson for a guided closer look at Fernand Léger's 1941 artwork Les grands plongeurs (The Divers).

Why do artists sometimes label their works "Untitled"? In this video Student Educator Lingran Zhang explores how the title of Untitled (Colored People Grid) by Carrie Mae Weems relates to the meaning ...

Student educator Jay Buchanan considers how artists working in various artistic mediums have connected figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology to their own historical contexts.

Rebecca and John Voyles Chair of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis Any building can be understood within larger patterns of thinking about its ...

What does public art mean while we shelter in place? What can it tell us about who we are during a global pandemic? A live online conversation delved into the planning, preservation, and opportunities ...

Fernand Léger’s Les belles cyclistes (The Women Cyclists) depicts a group of four physically powerful women dressed in shorts and T-shirts at rest during a bicycle outing. The women stand or sit ...

Part of Women are Better than Men. Not Only have they Survived, they do Prevail. Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ruderman, 1985 Object number WU 1985.15.3 This artwork record may be ...

Thomas Cole (American, b. England, 1801–1848), Aqueduct near Rome, 1832. Oil on canvas, 44 1/2 x 67 5/16 in. University purchase, Bixby Fund, by exchange, 1987 ...

Elizabeth Childs, Department Chair, Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History Washington University in St. Louis, January 2015 In the 1960s many campuses across the United States opened ...