The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such as ...

Artists have forever found beauty in the concept of death, and painting scenes depicting its presence could very well have been a way of examining and confronting their own mortality. Art often ...

For as long as the British monarchy has existed, kings and queens have accumulated art. From paintings to sculpture, crowns to carriages, the British royals have amassed one of the most notable ...

“He lived in a haphazard fashion,” wrote Italian Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari in his biography of 15th-century Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli. “As was his wont.” Whether or not this ...

European climate protesters have taken up a new tactic in the fight to curb global emissions: throwing food at famous paintings. The trend started earlier this month, when a pair of activists with ...