It's a tale as old as time: A woman won't conform to societal norms, traditional notions of femininity or what's expected of her, and is dismissed as diseased. She's considered hysterical. And, as such, she is locked up, burned at the stake, hidden away or placed under the supposedly steadier control of men.

A violin-shaped church, an "upside down" house and a hotel modeled on a Russian doll are among the entries in an annual poll to name the year's "ugliest" Chinese buildings.

A long-lost Cupid in one of Vermeer's best-known paintings has been revealed after three centuries. But it's far from the only unsolved mystery in the Dutch artist's life.

How do we save the planet? Treat it like we would a lover, say performance artists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens.

Jake Michaels documented life in Belize's Mennonite colonies, which shun modern technology and contact with wider society.

"Witchcraft," aims to explore a wealth of complex identities associated with witches.

Rare and unpublished photos offers a unique look at the early development of NASA's shuttle, the world's first reusable spacecraft.

Yawning on screen, wearing simple T-shirts and prone to a zit or two, Angie is Chinese social media's down-to-earth virtual influencer.

Raelis Vasquez, a New York and New Jersey-based artist, works from a bank of his memories and emotions to create tender and sincere paintings of Afro Dominican life. Usually featuring his kin and friends, the large-scale oil and acrylic works are cast in warm and welcoming colors. In one painting, a brown-skinned girl in a tubi, a tubular hairstyle crafted by Dominican women to preserve our salon blow-outs, eats her breakfast. In other works, a Black woman bottle-feeds her baby while sitting in a bright blue rocker, and a young Black couple await their destiny as they document their nuptials on their wedding day.

With a growing number of young adults living with their parents during the pandemic, TikTok has become an unlikely home for artful vignettes of rural America.

Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the country to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood in his series "Dads."

Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond paid tribute to some of history's forgotten inventors at Paris Haute Couture Week.

One of Asia's biggest pop stars is gaining recognition as an art collector, with works by Picasso and Basquiat among those hanging in his Taipei home.

There's a new wave of picture books celebrating Afro Latinx culture and characters, in an industry where these stories are still few and far between.

From Kanye West's Yeezys to game-worn Air Jordans, high-value sneakers are increasingly coveted by auction houses, investors and a new generation of collectors.

The havoc wreaked by Covid-19 on the wedding industry was bound to leave its mark somehow. With 2020 ceremonies across the globe postponed indefinitely or canceled altogether, determined couples adapted as best they could: slashing guest lists by more than two-thirds and matching their outfits to mandatory face coverings. Some weddings even went virtual, with attendees dialing in to meeting apps to watch vows broadcast online.

Charlotte Perriand was an adventurous designer whose creations left a lasting mark on homes around the world. But her place in history is often overshadowed by her male contemporaries.

He emerged through New York's graffiti scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, before growing disillusioned with the art world. Now, aged 65, Futura is arguably more relevant than ever.

It is the biggest legal fight the art world has ever witnessed: a Russian oligarch, who claims he was ripped off buying multi-million-dollar masterpieces, versus a Swiss art dealer who says it was just business.

For those who need convincing that fashion is a form of art, Daniel Roseberry's designs for Maison Schiaparelli offer a persuasive argument.

How much are you willing to share with your neighbors? Architects Helen & Hard are designing sustainable cohousing projects based on that question.

The wolf cut is the coiffure that's taking social media by storm. But it's the latest iteration of a gender-fluid hairstyle.

In the back of a 1952 Chevy Deluxe, a woman brushes back her hair, her heavily lined eyes closed in a moment of quiet, the words "No Soy De Ti" ("I don't belong to you") inked across her chest. Mary is a member of the Vintage Ladies Car Club, a Chicana lowriding community based in Los Angeles County, and she's one of the many lowriders photographer Kristin Bedford features in her five-year body of work "Cruise Night," which portrays the interiority of both her subjects and their cars.

The 1960s space race was more than a measure of scientific progress. Anticipation for this next stage of humanity also left an indelible impression on culture.

From a new type of birth control to an update to a 150-year-old postpartum tool, the 2021 Index Award is addressing inequalities in healthcare and sexual wellness through design.

Kristin-Lee Moolman has gained international recognition for her powerful portraits against surreal, bleached-out landscapes.

With pseudonyms like the The Broker, The Astronaut and The Vampire, this global cabal of watch collectors specialize in Soviet timepieces dating back to the days of Stalin.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's redevelopment project has exposed deep divides among politicians, architects and heritage experts.

In "ONYX," photographer Adrienne Raquel celebrates Southern Black exotic dancers, who have long been a driving force in music and visual culture.

Jordana Bermúdez's series "Girls Can't Skate" shows non-traditional riders staking their claim in New York City's skate parks.

Environmental damage, poverty and corruption are among the social ills addressed by Mongolia's rap scene, which photographer Alex de Mora captured for "Straight Outta Ulaanbaatar."

Tshab Her grew up feeling like she lived a double life.

For the most part, we still explicitly direct our home technology on how best to serve us, but that's about to change.

For 20 years, photographer Diana Markosian thought she knew her family's immigration history -- or the gist of it, at least. In 1996, when she was seven, Markosian's mother, Svetlana, woke her and her older brother, David, in the middle of the night, telling them to pack all of their important things: the three of them were going to see America. The way Markosian remembers it, neither of them asked any questions. That night they boarded a plane in Moscow bound for Los Angeles, without saying goodbye to their father.