Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

Wendy Sharpe says Australian society’s disdain for all but young and beautiful naked bodies is as strong as ever, but “normal ...

asking whether it’s more important to categorize art or to contextualize it. By situating the Fayum portraits at the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Syrian, and Jewish traditions ...

A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history ...

An extensive exhibition dedicated to the Dutch artist highlights her beautifully detailed still-lifes. But do these paintings ...

The idea for the current exhibition at the Shepherd came to artistic director Allison Glenn almost a year ago. “I was walking ...

Miley Cyrus got her first tattoo at 17 years old; now, she has more than 50. See each of the singer's designs and their meanings here.

Also influenced by Surrealism is Wassily Kandinsky’s Pointillé (estimate: $250,000 – 350,000). The Russian painter and art ...

Alistair MacLeod publishes his one novel, No Great Mischief. It was a very big deal at the time. The master’s masterwork.

The influence of the community on science, culture, religion, philosophy, art, architecture ... The Tamils is a compelling portrait of one of the world’s oldest continuous cultures—in ...