I’m a Rodin scholar with a secret: I don’t like The Thinker. I’ve always been vexed by the fame of this sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) of a hyper-muscular man lost in thought.

In a coup for the Gibbes Museum of Art, patrons can expect to cross paths with formidable world-class sculpture  displayed ...

Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is the legacy of theater mogul Jules Mastbaum who became drawn to the work of master sculptor Auguste Rodin after visiting the Musee Rodin in Paris in 1924. “He went to the ...

The museum is a treasure trove of archival material and artefacts including album covers, posters, photographs and sculptures ...

Auguste Rodin, “The Hand of Rodin,” cast of Rodin’s hand holding “Small Torso A” (1917), cast by Paul Cruet, patinated plaster for bronze casting, Musée Rodin, Paris (© Musée Rodin) (click to enlarge) ...

Auguste Rodin died in 1917. Before his death, he donated all of his works to the French government under the condition a museum be established to showcase his art and collections. In 1919, the Musée ...

Natasha Ruiz-Gómez has received funding from the Research Councils UK, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust and the Kress Foundation. She wrote an essay for the catalogue of the Tate Modern ...