Whether your child is a doodler, molder or all about paint, many kids possess some kind of artistic leaning, so it’s important to have art supplies handy. The best art supplies for kids allow them to ...

Some parents hear the word "art" and envision marker on the couch, handprints on the walls and tons of general chaos. But it doesn't have to be chaotic – and creating art with your kids can propel ...

Five years since experts finally agreed it's a Michelangelo, the sketch is at last up for grabs. Michelangelo, Study of Jupiter (ca. 1490). Courtesy of Dickinson. The British Museum’s Nicholas Turner ...

Kids who doodle, finger paint, or design bead jewelry aren’t just making art—they’re boosting their brainpower. Making a masterpiece—or just a stick-figure drawing—is actually a problem-solving ...

Former owners of the Renaissance artist’s villa want to sell a sketch once on a kitchen wall. But scholars are divided over whether Michelangelo actually drew it. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...

A recently discovered drawing by Michelangelo fetched a hammer price of €20 million ($21 million) today at Christie’s Old Masters and 19th-century art sale in Paris. Though the sum falls short of the ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...

Joanna Carden and her daughter Emma have made several stops at a small wooden box in their Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The box looks like the Free Little Libraries that have become ...

You might think an easel for kids is just a surface (that isn’t your dining-room table) for them to draw on. But artists and educators say that is just a surface benefit of getting one. As painter and ...

For half a century, the Sernesi family lived in a storied villa overlooking Florence, Italy, in which Renaissance artist Michelangelo was raised and later owned. The property came with several ...