Liz Conces Spencer remembers the quiet, contemplative demeanor that Joel Middaugh brought to modeling for artists. He had an unspoken, visual rapport with them. “[He] just had a way of … taking a pose ...

Forget the Oscars: the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute Gala is hands down the most glamorous party of the year. Think Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – One of the oldest tropes in art is that of the “artist” and “muse.” One is the creative soul and ideas person; the other, a fixed or inert “inspirational” subject to be posed and ...

Overcast light filtered into the Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s Grand Gallery on Saturday afternoon to illuminate an interdisciplinary and contemplative performance by the Muse Initiative. The ...

Chen Wins Gold In Art Direction At The 2025 MUSE Design Awards: Season 2. <img width=300 height=168 alt=2025 MUSE Design Awards: Season 2 Featured Winner - Ten= out= of= Ten= Cultural= Tasting= Event= ...