A piece of driftwood washed ashore is often seen as little more than a remnant of a tree's long journey through forests, ...

There are artists whose work is instantly recognizable. When one sees sculptures of people depicted in slender, elongated forms, Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) comes to mind. The Italian-Swiss ...

The Morton Arboretum has sprouted some huge heads and hands. As part of its latest outdoor art exhibition, “Human+Nature,” five colossal sculptures by South African artist Daniel Popper now mingle ...

The first of five sculptures Daniel Popper created for the Morton Arboretum stands out from the rest. At 26 feet high, it's the tallest. It's also Popper's calling card: a female form, head tilted to ...

One of the earliest examples of human sculpture has been found in Turkey at prehistoric sites believed by some to have ties to ancient biblical accounts. The digs were carried out by the Turkish ...

Käthe Kollwitz is an artist’s artist. There’s a chance you’ll recognize some of her more famous works without knowing her name, but her influence on 20th-century socially and politically critical art ...

Bronze sculptures can be so boring. That’s why Spanish street sculptor SpY—who became famous as a graffiti artist in the 80s—re-imagines them as offbeat androids doing ordinary human things. Here you ...