Not gonna lie; these are pretty funny. Artist Annie Erskine takes a look at what some of your favorite Disney princes, villains and other men would like with or without their signature facial hair. » 12/26/13 8:30pm 12/26/13 8:30pm

Dean Snow, an archaeologist at Pennsylvania State University, analyzed hand stencils found in eight caves in France and Spain. He compared finger length to determine that three-quarters of the handprints were from ladies. You see, most of the cave paintings show hands with equal length ring and index fingers, which is… » 10/09/13 4:30pm 10/09/13 4:30pm

Meet 97-year-old Hal Lasko — also known as Grandpa because "I'm old and that's what I am" — who was a typographer and graphic artist back in the day, but is now a pro at Microsoft Paint. His grandson set him up with the program 15 years ago, and despite his waning vision, he's a talented and prolific artist, blending… » 7/25/13 10:00am 7/25/13 10:00am

"One does their work for the people, and the more people you can touch, the more wonderful it is. You don't make work and say, 'I only want the cool people to read it.' I mean, fuck you! You want everyone to read it [...] Maybe you want to or maybe you want to write scripts for detective shows... it doesn't really… » 4/13/13 12:00pm 4/13/13 12:00pm

In 2012, Becky Cloonan became the first woman to draw Batman [update: first woman to draw Batman on the main title] since the superhero debuted in 1939. "It feels good to be the first," she says, "but I didn't think about it when I was drawing. I was just excited: I'm drawing Batman!" » 2/08/13 9:30am 2/08/13 9:30am

Brenda Chapman, the original director of Pixar's Brave » 10/23/12 11:55pm 10/23/12 11:55pm, claims she got her first job at Disney in 1987, because she's a woman. In fact, she writes that she was told in no uncertain terms that she was hired straight out of CalArts to be their first ever female story artist — it was some . Dang! I think it's rad that…

I'll be honest: I don't know much about visual art. I mean, I've seen it. I've spent time wandering the rooms of the Tate looking thoughtful. And I've done my share of staring at naked saints on Italian mezzanines. I've never cried about that kind of art. But I've come to realise that the times I have had feelings… » 2/17/12 5:00pm 2/17/12 5:00pm

Helen Frankenthaler, an artist who helped develop a style of painting known as Color Field, has died at the age of 83. Though she was one of the most famous female artists of her generation, she said she never thought of herself as a "lady painter." » 12/27/11 1:25pm 12/27/11 1:25pm

Diane von Furstenberg sat for a portrait with Chuck Close six weeks after a skiing accident left her with a broken nose and fractured bones in her face. "I gave up on my looks a long time ago," says the designer. In fact, she wishes Close could have taken this color Polaroid closer to her accident. "I should have come… » 4/04/11 1:13pm 4/04/11 1:13pm

Last week, right before the blizzard, the artist known as Olek covered the huge statue of a bull on Wall Street in New York with a crocheted cozy. » 1/03/11 3:25pm 1/03/11 3:25pm

As previously mentioned, Louise Bourgeois died last week. She was one of the most influential sculptors on the art scene, and, for reasons I will explain, my favorite (once) living artist. » 6/01/10 6:20pm 6/01/10 6:20pm

French-born artist Louise Bourgeois died on Monday at the age of 98. Bourgeois was best known for her anatomically-themed sculptures, which depicted dismembered parts of the human body in nightmarishly gorgeous distortions. The cause of death was heart failure. [NYT] » 6/01/10 1:40pm 6/01/10 1:40pm

A man has been charged with selling forgeries of artwork by the British artist Tracey Emin. Jonathan Rayfern faces five counts of fraud. No word yet on which pieces he copied - we're hoping it wasn't "My Bed." [Telegraph] » 5/20/10 11:20am 5/20/10 11:20am

In 2009, photographer Jordan Matter began a series of shots capturing dancers in motion throughout New York. The result, titled Dancers Among Us is, in the words of our tipster, exactly what Vogue spreads should look like. [Jordan Matter Photography] » 5/12/10 7:40pm 5/12/10 7:40pm

Sofia Maldonado was commissioned by the Times Square Alliance to create a mural in one of the most famous intersections in the world. But some people - including Fox reporters -aren't too happy about Maldonado's choice of subjects. » 3/18/10 3:00pm 3/18/10 3:00pm

Is public nudity acceptable so long as it's art? Legally, yes. Or no, depending on which lawyer you talk to. » 2/26/10 1:40pm 2/26/10 1:40pm

Two galleries in New York are hosting a show titled the "Visible Vagina," which aims to remove the forced modesty surrounding our ladyparts by featuring works by Kiki Smith, Cindy Sherman, Hans Bellmer and others. Preview (NSFW) here: [AnimalNewYork] » 2/04/10 10:40am 2/04/10 10:40am

[London, January 25. Image via Getty] » 1/25/10 5:10pm 1/25/10 5:10pm