As you approach New Haven, on the right you’ll pass “Composition in Black and Brown,” a billboard by the artist Ken Gonzales-Day collaging his photographs of 18th-century marble busts from ...

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...

As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...

Attention can also be a state more than a deliberate action, a “relaxed distribution of focus,” as Claire Bishop, a professor ...

A rediscovered bust by celebrated French sculptor Bouchardon will be sold for millions after it was found propping open a ...

Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th century, has ...

This stunning Parisian museum may not be as famous as the Louvre, but it's brimming with history. Visit for an authentic ...

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in the 18th century before its revival as a spiritual tool in the 1970s.

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American ...

Historically a place where monarchs and aristocrats would escape the winter in favour of warm Mediterranean climes, this southern French city is at its best in the off season.

Paintings, ceramics, photography, fashion, furniture and more: The V&A Museum is a treasure trove of art and design. Here’s ...