The Department of Art, Art History and Design at the University of Nevada, Reno hosted Rocio Aranda-Alvarado as a featured speaker for their Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series this spring.

Community historian Ruben Molina's discovery of 1950s rhythm & blues records with handwritten tags inspired "The Dreamy Side, ...

During a time not unlike the one that ignited the historic founding of Chicano Park, thousands of people turned out Saturday at the iconic gathering space to celebrate their culture, stoke their ...

Four leaders of the Brown Berets (from left, Fred Lopez, David Sanchez, Carlos Montes, and Ralph Ramirez) in 1968. Previously known as Young Chicanos for Community Action, the group advocated for ...

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Legendary graffiti artist Daniel "Chaka" Ramos once claimed he had tagged more than 40,000 locations around Los Angeles. He can now add seven more. And unlike decades ago — when Ramos had to sneak ...

For Demarest, graffiti and especially graffiti in Denver holds the power to bring beauty to a community. He called art a ...

Art can be a diversifying asset in your portfolio, offering benefits during inflation. Investing in art requires an understanding of its potential illiquidity and high maintenance costs. Art ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...

Learn how an Italian priest uncovered the world’s largest and most dramatic display of handprints and rock art ...