Farm animals are ready for their close ups at the Steel Cow in Waukon. When Valerie Miller creates a piece, she gives each one a name as well as a back story. She even goes the extra mile, meeting ...

Seventy-five years ago, George Orwell wrote a short novel titled "Animal Farm" that remains relevant and prophetic, as would his later book "1984." "Animal Farm" tells the story of a group of farm ...

Paula Rego, "Central Park" (1984), acrylic on paper on canvas, 85 7/8 x 102 inches (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) LONDON — To enter Paula Rego’s paintings is to step into a tumbling, chaotic world ...

Lucia Heffernan's artwork has a way of making animals feel just a bit more human, in the best possible way. Whether it’s a cat lifeguarding a group of fish or a pig striking a perfect yoga pose, her ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...

For a lot of us, “chicken” is a piece of white meat that’s better for you than a piece of red meat. Because really, how often do we see a chicken if it’s not on our plates? But there was a time when ...

At her new home at Farm Sanctuary SA, the female pig began showing interest in the paintbrushes lying around her pen. They "were the only thing she didn't eat," Lefson quips. So the rescuer decided to ...