The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its legend to a brazen Italian thief who stole it from the Louvre and vanished for ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

Rereading the epic in January, I found that the quarrelsome and dysfunctional principals had become an oddly familiar cast of ...

Giuseppe Penone’s principal materials are trees, wood, leaves, plants and rocks. A new solo show in London brings together ...

Inside the artist's that blends nature and animals with myths, legends and a touch of darkness ...

Marcia Marcus passed away this month at age 97. Her works go on view along Alice Neel and Sylvia Sleigh at Levy Gorvy Dayan.

Known as the "forgotten Monet," Blanche Hoschedé-Monet created roughly 300 stunning artworks. She's now getting her ...

The third season White Lotus finale featured tragic death with lots of art historical references, including to Ophelia by ...

There is, one character says, “no way to pretty up what follows”. Indeed. Nor is there any attempt to, as that might spoil ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her ...

The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.