Harvey Deneroff reported on his blog that 77-year-old animation legend Richard Williams premiered a new short called Circus Drawings at the 29th Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Italy last month. In ...

Though she knew little about the circus when she joined The Ringling staff 27 years ago, Deborah Walk is now considered one of the top circus historians in the country, and she credits millions of ...

Of all the varieties of underappreciated artist, circus acts might just have it the worst. Their technical virtuosity is taken for granted, but is what they do actually art? In 1893, Paul Cinquevalli, ...

Sketches of a Spanish circus made by Richard Williams in 1953 come to life. Williams began the project at the age of 20 and finished it when he was 77. It premiered at the Pordenone Silent Film ...

Walking around the grounds of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., with its palm trees and views of Sarasota Bay, a visitor can easily see what appealed to two Midwesterners ...

Before the circus of contemporary art begins next week, visit a circus at the Met. Those entertainers, the bait for those circuses, were calledsaltimbanques. The term comes from Italian, combining the ...

The Bruce Museum is showcasing the delight and wonder of the circus in "Circus! Art and Science Under the Big Top," the new exhibition on view through Jan. 9. Organized by the Bruce Museum, the ...

Art Concello's career from trapeze artist to manager, owner intersected with another North Dakotan known for his love of the circus Mayville native Maureen Brunsdale has written a biography of Art and ...

Artist Joan Stevens helps preserve Circus World Museum's historic wagon collection. As a teenager, Joan Stevens ran away with the carnival and fell in love with circus art. Today, she is helping ...

Sixteen-year-old Mariah Fraker waved her hands wildly as she described the moment seven years ago when she realized she wanted to be a circus performer. She was a fourth grader, hanging upside down ...