Ever consider that the frame around a painting as telling its own story? In fact, the often-overlooked item is, in itself, a piece of art, rich in meaning ...

In a fairly new field, the picture frame may finally be coming into its own Eleanor Cummins The frame is the "mother holding its child,” says the Smithsonian's Martin Kotler. Many frames are works of ...

Frames are ubiquitous to the point that they’re unassuming. Paintings become art when bound in gilded frames, but we appreciate the former and seldom acknowledge the latter. We also see frames in ...