DALLAS — The Nasher Sculpture Center here is devoted to the art of the modern era, and its elegant pavilion and garden, designed by Renzo Piano, have recently welcomed exhibitions by living masters ...

The oldest known images on cave walls and stone fragments are forcing a rewrite of who first made art and how sophisticated those early pictures really were. Far from crude doodles, these works show ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic (between 45,000 ...

The Australian aborigines wear practically no clothes, grow no crops, live by hunting and berry picking. Their major art consists of rock pictures of spirits called Wondjina. First painted centuries ...

Introduction -- What is the correct way to approach art in caves and shelters? -- Encountering multiple realities on other continents -- Perceptions of the world, functions of the art, and the artists ...