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 ...

A topsy-turvy staircase leading nowhere. Two hands drawing themselves into existence. Interlocking birds that morph into fish, and back again. Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher’s ...

Works by enigmatic artist famous for his neverending staircases – and for snubbing the Rolling Stones – go on display in London The first major exhibition in England of the work of MC Escher, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...