We are all familiar with rust, that powdery-to-flaky brownish-red substance which eventually appears on most metal objects exposed to the elements. Rust is formed as a byproduct of a chemical reaction ...

As early summer comes, warm weather and light breezes draw us outdoors. And we needn’t go too far, either. With the right decoration, we can transform our porch, deck or patio into an outdoor oasis ...

When City on the High Mountain (1983), a painted-steel sculpture by the late US artist Louise Nevelson, goes back on display outside the museum at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York, ...

King Diamond shows us that in addition to a fierce scowl, fearsome corpse paint is crucial to the metal look. Here Mr. Diamond takes a very heavy-handed approach to the color of nothingness. Mustis, ...

Did you see in the recent news the catastrophic gas explosion that killed nine people on the island of Jersey in the English Channel? It’s early in the investigation, and the experts may not ever be ...

Marcia was an art major in college. For her, drawing and painting are second nature, no more difficult to do than, say, inhaling and exhaling. I, on the other hand, was a communications major. For me, ...

New York and other cities see a climate fix in white paint, which is coating more rooftops as way to cool buildings and cut energy use. They may soon have another option: paint made of glass.