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Kansas City, Missouri

Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.
outsider art

Podcast: The Lightning Field

This installation in the New Mexico desert is a bucket list destination for art nerds.
The Podcast Team November 16, 2023
New York, New York

Silver Towers Playground

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.
art

Podcast: The Golem

The story of a a strange but wildly popular playground sculpture in Jerusalem.
The Podcast Team October 18, 2023
Glasgow, Scotland

Poetry Postbox

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.
A white suspension bridge across a large river
Poughkeepsie, New York

Bridge Music

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.
Paris, France

Lempicka's Former Studio

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans AIDS Memorial

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.
One of the bells dates back to the year 1,000 C.E., which can be seen in the Marinelli Bell Museum.
medieval

The Italian Bells That Survived Nazis, Fires, and Even the Medieval Ages

One family has been making bells for over 1,000 years—and now wants to send them to the Moon.
Asia London Palomba August 31, 2023
A piece of rectangular concrete emerges from tall grasses in a field
King City, Ontario

'Shift' by Richard Serra

A unique piece by one of the most famous sculptors of the 20th century is rotting away in a small Ontario town.
Delft, Netherlands

Vermeer's Grave

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Walter Anderson Museum of Art

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.
Washington, D.C.

Alma Thomas House

For over 70 years, this house was home to a pioneering Black artist and educator.
A group of teenagers hug a bronze statue with a baseball cap
Hudiksvall, Sweden

Bosse Östlin Statue

A heated sculpture pays tribute to an actor who loved hugs.
Key West, Florida

Mario Sanchez Street Experience

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Juan de Pareja, as painted in 1650 by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, the man who enslaved him.
paintings

This Was One of the Most Famous Faces of the 17th Century

But we're only starting to learn the facts of artist Juan de Pareja's life.
Amy Crawford May 18, 2023
Video

All Roads Lead to Texas: Sounds of the Lonestar State

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Bispingen, Germany

Iserhatsche

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.