"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a pitchfork ...

What gives some works of art incredible staying power while others fade into obscurity? But as nearly a million annual visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago will tell you, the original image is ...

The US’s most famous, and most parodied painting is about to visit London for the first time. We examine the many interpretations of Grant Wood’s masterpiece American Gothic – the long-faced couple ...

The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most intriguing. Was it exposure to non-Western influences? The advent of the ...

A new exhibit opens this week at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art featuring some of the many parodies of the painting “American Gothic.” The most famous work by Cedar Rapids native Grant Wood is ...