M.C. Escher — he of never-ending stairwells, fish morphing into flowers, hands drawing one another, expert use of glass globes, and math-minded imagineer of infinite nesting universes — is an iconic ...

This July, Christie’s presents M.C. Escher: The Art of Infinity, the most significant offering of works on paper by the artist to come to market in decades. Included in the sale are iconic prints such ...

For most of his adult life, Mick Jagger has probably only rarely heard the word “no” in response to any of his requests. But he heard it at least twice from Maurits Cornelis Escher, the graphic artist ...

With a mathematical precision, M.C. Escher played with perspective, making the impossible seem more than plausible. Water runs uphill. Staircases have no set path up, down or, even upside-down. A pair ...

“I think that we all grew up with different memories of Escher,” offered Jackie Adams, director of art and learning at the Columbia Museum of Art, which opens the expansive exhibition “The Imaginative ...

Maurits Cornelis Escher saw the world differently. The Dutch artist created a few dozen images that, because of his peculiar perspective, have endured. But many of those images — two hands drawing ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Over the weekend, the Front St. Gallery in Fishtown showcased original prints and ...

To complement the M.C. Escher retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TASCHEN is allowing you to construct the artist’s riddles in the palm of your hands. M.C. Escher. Kaleidocycles ...