Learning About Art

Find out about art, artists, crafts and design, past and present, from around the world

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Iconic artists

Get to know famous artists from around the world

France: Claude Monet

The founder of French Impressionism

Mexico: Frida Kahlo

Queen of the self portrait

The Netherlands: Rembrandt van Rijn

The master of light

USA: Edmonia Lewis

The 19th century sculptor

Austria: Gustav Klimt

The Viennese Symbolist painter

Nigeria: Victor Ehikhamenor

An innovative contemporary artist

Australia: Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

The Yolngu painter and printmaker

Italy: Leonardo Da Vinci

A polymath of the Renaissance

UK: Evelyn De Morgan

The Pre-Raphaelite painter

India: Raja Ravi Varma

A pioneer of colour and mass printing

The Netherlands: Van Gogh

The Dutch post-impressionist painter

Japan: Uemura Shōen

Trailblazing female painter

Brazil: Candido Portinari

A key figure in Brazilian modernism

South Africa: Zanele Muholi

Photographer exploring idenity

Italy: Artemisia Gentileschi

The Italian Baroque painter

Korea: Lee Ungno

A Korean modern master

USA: Lee Krasner

A renowned Abstract Expressionist

Canada: Douglas Coupland

The author and visual artist

Germany: Paula Moderhson-Becker

A pioneer of modern art

China: Cai Guo-Qiang

The iconic gunpowder artist

Armenia: The Aslamazyan Sisters

Modernist painters from the Soviet era

Spain: Francisco de Goya

The Romantic painter and printmaker

Get Smart with Art

Learning to look at art for ages 5 to 9 years

Art education from the de Young Museum

Everything educators need for lessons on how to look at art. Includes downloadable workbooks and a tour of the museum in Street View

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Discover art movements

Explore artworks from different art styles and eras

The World of Design

Everything is designed

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Treasure Trove of Typefaces

Bauhaus, Dessau Foundation

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Pavilions

Royal Institute of British Architects

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Role of the Theatre Designer

Ready, set, go

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How Football Got Shirty

Design goals

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African American Design

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Fashion in Spain

50 years of fashion design

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Get Out the Vote: Poster design

Eye catching campaigns

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Marcel Breuer: From furniture to buildings

Bauhaus, Dessau Foundation

Learning to Look

How to 'read' an art work

View

Examine a painting in detail

Take a guided tour of the brushstrokes

In Painting Tour

The Garden of Opportunity

Discover the meaning behind De Morgan's painting

In Painting Tour

Self Portrait with Monkey, 1945

Look at Frida Kahlo's self portrait up close

In Painting Tour

Portrait of Friedericke Maria Beer

See the details in Klimt's portrait

In Painting Tour

A Feast for Nebamun

Ancient Egyptian wall painting

In Painting Tour

Hysterics: Audio Tour

Take an audio tour of the contemporary Chinese painter's unsettling emotional satire

Art zoom

The stars of today examine art from the past

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FKA twigs x Artemisia Gentileschi

The MOBO Award-winning singer songwriter explores female empowerment 400 years on

Video

Chaeyoung x Yoo Youngkuk

The rapper from KPOP band TWICE explores colors, shapes, mountains, and nature

Video

Ellie Goulding x Yves Klein x Cy Twombly x Julie Mehretu

The Brit award winner discusses love, peace and calm

Video

Matty Healy x Piet Mondrian

The 1975 frontman searches for a collective utopia

Video

Grimes x Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Grammy-nominated and four-time Juno Award-winning musician on the age-old fight between good and evil

Video

J.Balvin x Fernando Botero

The best-selling Prince of Reggaeton discusses his pride for Colombia

Culture and identity

Exploring ideas of culture and identity through portraiture

Online exhibit

What Does It Mean to Be American?

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Online exhibit

Who is Pocahontas?

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

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Immortalized in Medicine and on Canvas

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Online exhibit

Portrait of Ocean Conservationist Julie Packard

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Getting crafty

Creative crafts and applied arts from around the world

Looking For Craft Ideas?

Take inspiration from India's arts and crafts

Start crafting

Explore the rainbow

Discover over 100,000 colorful artworks

Virtual field trips

Visit galleries and artistic locations from your desk

ExploreArchitecture of the Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumNew York, USA

ExploreExplore National Museum of KoreaSeoul, S. Korea

ExploreKlimt at Lake AtterseeAttersee, Austria

ExploreNairobi GalleryNairobi, Kenya

Explore19th Century ArchitectureEurope

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Culture with your camera

Interactive activities students can try with their phone using the app

Art Filter

Try filters based on artefacts from museums

Art Selfie

Find a portrait that looks like you

Art Transfer

Take a photo and transform it with classic artworks.

Art Projector

See how artworks look like in real size.

Pocket Gallery

See all of Vermeer's paintings in your living room

Interactive Experiments

Play with art or create your own

Puzzles

Coloring

Manga

Synesthesia

Downloadable art lesson plans

Lesson plans for teachers to use in class or to give to students to work through at their own pace

Celebrating Black Creativity in Britain

Leonardo da Vinci: Inside a Genius Mind

The Life and Art of Artemisia Gentileschi

Barbara Hepworth

The Life and Art of Gustav Klimt

Seeing Sound with Kandinsky

The Life and Art of Raja Ravi Varma

Murals in Latino Communities

Coco Chanel: The Woman behind the "Little Black Dress"

Zaha Hadid: Ground Breaking Architect and Visionary

Influential Women from the World of Design

Influential Women Artists

The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo

Lee Ungno [KO]

National Identity

Art As Activism

Chauvet Caves

Community and Cultural Identiy

Introduction to Portraiture and Identity

Individual Identity

The World of Asian Puppetry

Global Identity

Latino Art and Artists

Batik

The Art of Africa

Puerto Rican Heritage and the Arts

Fashion and Shoe Design

Bauhaus Everywhere

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