Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting National Portrait Gallery, to September 7. Jenny Saville seemed to emerge fully formed as an enquiring and prodigiously skilled painter of the human figure.

The human figure has been a part of art since 25,000-20,000 B.C. "The human form is one of the most beautiful creations on Earth and has been an inspiration to artists for centuries," said Roger ...

Art, architecture and design news. Criticism and reviews from co-chief art critics Roberta Smith and Holland Cotter and architecture critic Michael Kimmelman.

These figures are so tiny that each fits on a single fingertip and, you could probably fit all three on the end of your thumb. What’s even more astonishing is that they’ve all been hand-made ...