In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the middle, resulting in what ...

I recently received a copy of Dr. Keri Cronin's new book called Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914. I honestly know just about nothing about this topic, so I immediately ...

Chen Wenling, “Riding to Happiness (with 56 little pigs)” (2006) fiberglass, Denver Art Museum (all image by the author for Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted) As far back as ancient Sumer and ...

Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary will host “Animals, Art & Automobiles” on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Charles Towne Landing.

Alabama artist uses a rifle to create "gun paintings" of wild animals Art is hardly the first word that leaps to mind when you think of animals and guns. But 34-year-old artist Walton Creel uses the ...

This article originally appeared on Creators. Though highly-trafficked by tourists, Yellowstone National Park is one of the last intact ecosystems on the planet. And its pristine wilderness makes the ...

According to Britannica, "art" can be described as something "consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination"—whereas Wikipedia defines it more narrowly as a human activity. But are ...

One of the things that’s often presented as uniquely human is art. We have Picasso, Monet, Banksy and Michelangelo. Animals do not. And yet, curiously, we seem to be obsessed with understanding ...

Last week, the 65th of World War II, the U. S. art world seemed to find a new interest in life. Unable to face man’s inhumanity to man, artists and gallerygoers agreed that war was the time to ...