A momentous exhibition at the Prado Museum reunites all but one of the canvases El Greco painted for the Spanish church where ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

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World Art Day, observed on April 15 to commemorate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, is an international celebration of artistic ...

Samothrace is a little-known Greek island which boasts many breathtaking waterfalls and is surrounded by crystal clear waters.

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The neglected marble quarries of Paros which centuries ago produced most of the sculptural masterpieces of ancient Greece are ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

My Mind Is Absolutely Blown By These 45 Photos That Are Making Me Look At History And Time Very Differently 1.Here's a photo ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

In the suburbs of Paris, magic is made in the Louvre’s little-known ateliers, writes Elaine Sciolino in this excerpt from her ...