Articles

For Yorùbá-speaking peoples in West Africa, cloth is equated with their most precious possession, children.

Five works on paper in the RISD Museum’s collection follow the arc of C

Egungun costumes are usually created from a wide variety of carefully chosen fabrics ranging from exquisite samples of local handwoven aso ofi to exotic fabrics imported from aro

Drawing in a museum is a way of slowing down and experiencing artwork on a nonverbal level.

Curatorial assistant A. Will Brown interviews artist Julien Prévieux about his videos What Shall We Do Next? (Sequence #2) and Patterns of Life.

Gallery Guide for the exhibition Julien Prévieux: What Shall We Do Next and Patterns of Life

During my summer internship, I saw hundreds of fabulous garments, shoes, and accessories arrive for the Spring 2016 exhibition on fashion designer Todd Oldham.

Inventories have been occurring almost since the beginning of museum practice, but they have changed entirely from their original form.

As part of the RISD Art Circle (RAC), we create opportunities for visitors to learn about objects more deeply and to experience hands-on making.

Curatorial intern Anthony Stott explores the journey of the myths of Ovid—from text to visual medium—in three objects in the neoclassical galleries.

RISD's ancient art collection includes a vase that demonstrates how one Greek potter perfected international marketing and became one of the most prolific artisans in ancient Athens.

Reginald Marsh, the son of American artists Fred Dana Marsh and Alice R