At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and ...

A newly discovered rock painting site near Venkataiahpalli village in Medak district features rare medieval-era depictions, ...

Angels, animals, hand gestures—none of it is random. Medieval artists filled their work with layered symbols meant to teach, warn, or praise. Once you know what to look for, the meaning changes ...

Once a medieval fortress, the Louvre has grown into the world’s most visited museum, blending royal history, revolutionary ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous pieces of art in the world. The 950-year-old, 230-foot chronicle of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings was embroidered in the years following ...

The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, returns to ZeroSpace in Gowanus from November 6 to 9 with 125+ independent ...

Dunfermline's deep-rooted pilgrim past has been marked with a striking new sculpture. Standing three metres tall, the corten ...

A team has used 3D reconstructions of lost buildings to gain insight on the richness of life above ground in the ancient city ...

The concept of happiness is wildly subjective, but that isn't going to stop lists of the world's happiest cities from ...

For this Halloween scavenger hunt, we scoured this encyclopedic museum for the most haunting works, bloody details and hidden ...

Sprawling campuses, hushed libraries, sinister secrets, Gothic towers…dark academia books are wildly popular in the literary ...