Home to 100+ prehistoric cave paintings, Painted Bluff in what’s now Alabama is a treasure trove of Indigenous culture and creativity.
Several stunning portraits by Tsimshian photographer Benjamin Haldane were almost lost forever — until 150+ of his glass plate negatives were recovered from a local dump in the 1990s.
The Great Goddess of Teotihuacan is a mysterious goddess worshiped in ancient Mesoamerica. This beautifully preserved mural, discovered in the 1940s, is over 2,000 years old.
Tonawanda Seneca artist Ernest Smith’s 1936 painting “Skywoman” depicts the creation story from many of Turtle Island’s Indigenous nations.
Did you know Frida Kahlo originally specialized in sketching and wanted to be a medical illustrator? She started painting while recovering from a serious accident at 18 years old.
Hugo Simberg’s The Garden of Death puts a playful spin on the idea of purgatory and the afterlife.
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed by the Sun is one of a series of paintings by William Blake inspired by tales in the Book of Revelation.
One of the earliest instances of "photoshopping", the Cottingley Fairies are a wonderfully whimsical creation made in 1917 by 2 young girls, Elsie and Frances.
One of the first depictions of witches riding brooms comes from a 15th century manuscript of a French poem, Le Champion des Dames.
