A portrait found in a New York farm shed covered in bird droppings was recently authenticated as an original work by the ...

Renowned for his portrait paintings, John Singer Sargent was one of the most remarkable artists of the Edwardian era. He ...

The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient ...

The late Princess Diana's childhood home - Althorp Estate, which has been the ancestral seat of the Spencer family for over ...

Well, pull over and rub your eyes, because tucked away in Iowa’s capital city sits Salisbury House & Gardens, a jaw-dropping architectural masterpiece that makes you question whether you’ve ...

Featuring 18,000 plants and works by three contemporary artists, a new exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden celebrates the Dutch painter's love of nature ...

Diego Rivera was one of 20th Century art's towering figures—the Mexican icon who brought mural art onto the world's biggest stages. On the surface, these facts would seem to be unrelated—but ...

A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for $13.6 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. “Miss January” is Dumas’ “magnum opus” and stands ...

Whether it’s Antoni Gaudí’s dreamlike façades, Oscar Niemeyer’s sculptural modernism, or Jeanne Gang’s sustainable towers, ...