A photo depicting a seemingly impossible construction scene has risen to the top of “the front page of the internet” — Reddit — and the optical illusion is causing many to scratch their head in ...

When we spoke with Nasher Museum of Art director Sarah Schroth for the museum’s 10th anniversary, she noted that, while she loves contemporary art, it doesn’t speak to everyone. That’s one reason she ...

A network of stairs create a trompe l'oeil in the style of the famous graphic artist—but that’s not the only eye-catching element of this Kythnos Island getaway. Similarly, from the grounds below, the ...

Art usually presents us with incontrovertible facts. Abstract canvas or marble bust, representational drawing or fanciful relief all fix a specific image in a specific way for all time. And then there ...

During his lifetime, famed graphic artist M.C. Escher explored the concepts of mathematical infinity and impossible geometry in a series of wood prints, lithographs, and mezzotints. One thing Escher ...

Maurits Cornelis Escher saw the world differently. The Dutch artist created a few dozen images that, because of his peculiar perspective, have endured. But many of those images — two hands drawing ...

The Met’s admission policy is as deceptive as an M.C. Escher sketch — duping millions of people into paying entrance fees even though it’s supposed to be free, a new lawsuit charges. A trio of ...

M.C. Escher is well known for his surreal, reality-warping engravings -- two hands drawing each other, infinite staircases, fish changing into birds and back again. Never an art-world celebrity, he ...