Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

MORE than half a century has elapsed since the now famous statue was found buried under nameless ruins at Milo, anciently called Melos,—a poor little island of the Grecian Archipelago, which traded ...

It is one of the most recognisable representations of a woman in the history of art, but the Venus de Milo leaves one question unanswered: what exactly was she doing with her arms? The ancient Greek ...

Close your eyes and think of Venus. What image comes to mind? Perhaps Botticelli’s bored teenager in her scallop shell; maybe the Venus de Milo, serene, lovely and just a touch bovine; perhaps ...

Chris is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience in travel writing. He was named Travel Journalist of the Year at the 2024 Press Awards. In the course of his career, he has ...