Puzzles

The painted story lies at the heart of Kathryn Freeman’s artworks. Symbolism and magical realism enliven her classical compositions, and her narrat...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was a child prodigy who became one of the most revered artists in history...

Based on familiar constellations, this memory game includes illustrations of the zodiac signs plus 24 additional star patterns including Cygnus, Or...

The surreal imagery in continues to fascinate viewers 500 years after its creation. Full of naked figures, fantastical creatures, oversized birds, ...

French Impressionists captured the fleeting wonders of everyday life, a radical departure from the estab­lished academic painting that dominated th...

Published with: the Art Gallery of Ontario Franklin Carmichael (Canadian, 1890–1945) Autumn Hillside, 1920 Franklin Carmichael is well known as a f...

Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000) Untitled The gleefully chaotic work reproduced in this puzzle might be seen as Edward Gorey’s celebration of the...

Conquistadors and politicians, revolutionaries and artists. Diego Rivera’s Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park comprises characters from 40...

Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967) Nighthawks, 1942 Edward Hopper often painted solitary, metropolitan figures, perhaps none more famous than the ...

Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930) Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1996 With bold color, inventive composition, and words written straight from th...

With an unflinching gaze, Frida Kahlo faces viewers in Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. One among dozens of self-portraits, it re...

Suffused with sunlight, The Tilled Field is one of Modern master Joan Miró’s groundbreaking Surrealist works. Amidst a perhaps perplexing chaos, Mi...

Sebastian Münster was one of the most famous cosmographers of the Renaissance. Published as part of his popular book Cosmographia (1544)—the earlie...

Discover North America like you’ve never seen it before in this epic illustrated map by artist-cartographer Anton Thomas. Inspired by his adventure...

Kenojuak Ashevak was a Canadian national treasure and a pioneer of modern Inuit Art. Her 1960 print The Enchanted Owl was so popular that it was re...

Sketchbook in hand, Charley Harper tromped the great outdoors in every season. His was a clear-eyed appreciation of all the world’s flora and fauna...

The Sun Stone, a monumental artifact of Mexica heritage, represents their belief in various creation and destruction stages of the world. It depict...

An artist both of her time and well ahead of it, Hilma af Klint was a rare original. Years before such Modernist pioneers as Piet Mondrian and Vasi...

Edward Gorey was a prolific author, artist, and anagram enthusiast known for creating perplexing and often playfully sinister personalities. This i...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch, c. 1525–1569) Children’s Games, 1560 Anyone for a good old-fashioned game of knucklebones or hoop rolling? You’ll ...

Animals and plants go Midcentury Modern in Charley Harper’s clever conservationist paintings. Inspired by backyard biodiversity and the wonders of ...

Vincent van Gogh invested his paintings with fearless color and singular eloquence. His portraits, landscapes, interiors, and still lifes transform...

Moving constantly (over 90 residences), creating profusely (tens of thousands of works), and with each phase of his life reinventing himself and ta...

Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory presents a dreamland like no other. Painted with exacting realism, its famous clocks, which the artist co...

From the American Crow to the Tufted Titmouse, these illustrations represent a range of backyard birds. Illustrator and naturalist Casey Girard lov...

Henri Matisse brought a thoroughly modern eye to his classical art foundations. The result was a daring new style that pushed the boundaries of Mod...

An artist both of her time and well ahead of it, Hilma af Klint was a rare original. Years before such Modernist pioneers as Piet Mondrian and Vasi...

Wassily Kandinsky was a synesthete for whom sight and sound were intrinsically linked—he could hear color and see sound. His appreciation of music ...

Fall head over heels for a book as you assemble this challenging puzzle. Being captivated by characters, stories, and the worlds created by writers...

Enter the garage and freewheeling mind of Peter Aschwanden. But step lightly lest you disturb the ongoing maintenance. In the mid-1960s, illustrato...

Turn and face the strange through the stilted lenses of Carlos Gámez de Francisco’s perennial girl with sunglasses. With a painting style grounded ...

An artist both of her time and well ahead of it, Hilma af Klint was a rare original. Years before such Modernist pioneers as Piet Mondrian and Vasi...

Welcome to a chaotic world of pattern clashing in vibrant color. Naomi Okubo’s wild visions of elaborate and intricate designs stimulate without ov...

Rebecca Campbell (British, b. 1965) Do Not Disturb, n.d. For the bibliophile whose library is never complete, feast your eyes on this puzzle of boo...

Embracing a preference for Classical poses and elegant compositions as a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, John William Waterhouse was fasc...

Intimate moments make for evocative art. Little wonder, then, that the reading woman has appeared in art for hundreds of years. With her enigmatic ...

With her artistic eye and homespun optimism, Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses showed the world what it meant to find color and joy in the everyd...

With a mighty leap, a soul enters the afterlife, as imagined by artist Heidi Taillefer. Silkworm explores the dualities of life and death, light an...

Kathryn Freeman applies her unique perspective to this iconic work of pointillism with a playful blending of modern and classic. Freeman credits Ge...

Perceptions unhinge in the vivid details of David Krovblit’s intricate and imaginative art. Krovblit describes his collages as curations of lost vi...

An icon of Expressionist art, The Scream by Edvard Munch has become deeply embedded in our visual and emotional language. Munch’s piercing composit...

Believing that art could and should find expression in objects that form the backdrop to everyday life, William Morris worked in everything from te...

Early in the 20th century, William S. Rice established his reputation as an artist and teacher in Northern California where he found abundant inspi...

A masterpiece of its time—remarkable enough to impact art for hundreds of years after its own creation—The Birth of Venus established Botticelli as...

A Wild Summer is within reach! Here’s to blue skies and a lively landscape abuzz with bees, butterflies, birds, and beyond. Charley Harper was ever...

A.J. Casson (Canadian, 1898–1992) Jack Pine and Poplar, 1948 While Group of Seven artist A. J. Casson distinguished himself within the group by cho...

Lolita Lorenzo is the design brainchild of Carol Muthiga. A Kenyan-American artist and designer, Muthiga is inspired by rich color palates, vibrant...

Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988) Up at Minton’s, 1980 One of America’s foremost artists, Romare Bearden depicted many aspects of 20th-century A...