People in Arctic and Northwest Coast communities are uncovering the therapeutic history of tattoos.

The long history of Native American tribes is nowhere to be found on modern maps. So the Zuni decided it was time to create their own kind of cartography.

One modern Mexican artist is making souvenirs that shed light on the ancient peoples of this city and continue their aesthetic traditions.

Archaeologists are tapping cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research to figure out how our ancestors began making figurative art.

New evidence from caves in Spain shows that Neanderthals engaged in complex symbolic thought—and were pretty good artists to boot.

An ancient interment site in Russia challenges us to rethink how Paleolithic humans in Europe treated their dead and organized their societies.

New tools, partnerships, and investigations into a regional “hole in the map” are helping to fill in the picture of Paleolithic art in Spain’s Basque Country.

An encounter with a famous sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși raises questions about family, nationalism, and belonging; the role and refuge of art; and whether a country can ever recover from authoritarianism.

The faces of Soviet-era prisoners in a famous sculpture speak volumes about the brutal circumstances that millions experienced under Joseph Stalin. But what of prisoners today in the U.S.?

Indigenous people in the U.S. are increasingly challenging widespread stereotypes as well as the practice of cultural appropriation.