Jacqui Palumbo

(CNN) — Half a millennium ago, the Protestant rebel priest Martin Luther sent out a number of small paintings as a marital announcement with political implications. He'd commissioned German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder to commemorate his controversial union with the nun Katharina von Bora in 1525 through complementary round portraits concealed in wooden boxes. Before long, their allies had received the secretive gift that boldly rejected Catholicism's rules around clerical celibacy.

(CNN) — Spread across sprawling convention centers, art fairs often deal at a grand scale: huge floorplans, major artworks sold for millions, dramatic installations and, sometimes, big stunts.

While many celebrity homes look less than lived-in, actor Emma Roberts’ Hollywood Hills home is made for curling up with a good book — or several.

The luxury label dressed Clark in a first for any draft event, and other players stepped out in style in sumptuous gowns and smart tailoring.

Kurland’s archive of nomadic family portraits reflects on motherhood, the mythology of the American West, and the dark histories of the rail system.

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In Justine Kurland's photographs, shot across the American West, trains silently pass through the picture

(CNN) — In Justine Kurland’s photographs, shot across the American West, trains silently pass through the picture plane: Burnt red and yellow railroad cars emerge from tree-lined curves, bisect flat plains and disappear into the mouths of tunnels; weathered freight cars yoked together both dot the terrain and demarcate it. The images are inherently steeped in history — the bloody, relentless westward expansion of a nascent country and, today, the vast but aging infrastructure of a world power.

CNN — In Justine Kurland's photographs, shot across the American West, trains silently pass through the picture plane: Burnt red and yellow

What is one of the earliest subjects in art — as well as one of the most censored? “Breasts,” a new exhibition at the 2024 Venice Biennale, explores the iconic motif.