A review of "The Swan Thieves," novelist Elizabeth Kostova's elegant, suspenseful tale of fraud, blackmail and the beauty of art, set partly in the world of the French Impressionists. Kostova ...

It all started when 55-year-old teacher Cindi Decker from Jacksonville, Florida returned home from an art course with a painting of a swan. Her son snapped a photo of her with the artwork and, as ...

Joseph Hautman's swan painting was selected Sept. 24 by a panel of judges in the annual contest run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The competition included 187 entries.