The Italian Old Master had a notoriously mercurial temperament and was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after killing his rival in a duel
In June, an inferno blazed through the Scottish school's historic Mackintosh Building, which was under renovation following a 2014 fire
Before President Abdulla Yasmeen lost the country's election, his government ordered the demolition of the conservation-minded underwater sculpture garden
The show inks out the history of the enigmatic sky blue dye known as ‘tekhelet’
Mitchell joined the New York City Ballet in 1955 and later founded the Dance Theater of Harlem
Historian Harold Holzer amassed his extraordinary collection of lithographs, prints and assorted Lincolniana over the course of half a century
Cyclist Denise Mueller-Korenek hit 183.932 MPH while drafting behind a drag racer in Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, besting the previous record of 167 mph
A 20-story stairwell at a Manhattan Hotel brings together the works of street artists who worked at the now-demolished 5Pointz outdoor gallery
"Fascinating, Captain"
Yusaku Maezawa hopes to recruit six to eight artists for the week-long mission, which is expected to launch as early as 2023
The mythical female pope is back in the news as an academic uses medieval coins to look for physical evidence of her reign
Twenty-one documents found in the U.K.'s National Archives add context to the Bard's feelings toward power and monarchy
A new exhibition at the Met features nearly 150 of Delacroix’s paintings, drawings and prints
After analyzing the woman’s skeleton, researchers unlocked her past as an ancient Greek artisan
New research finds these early image projectors, which brought world landmarks, fairytale favorites to life, were a regular part of middle-class life
Many museums are closing their doors, while zoos and aquariums are moving their animals indoors
Nicoline Benita Renate Gurlitt received 18 works from her father’s trove of stolen art, and four of these works were just returned to their rightful owners
'I Object: Ian Hislop’s Search for Dissent' span centuries, continents
A new expansion has helped the Charleston Museum overcome conservation and space concerns that once forced it to shut down during winter
The finds include a game board etched into the surface of a clay brick that was likely used to play a variation of the strategy game nine men’s morris
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