This likeness of a Greek woman, once affixed to her wrapped corpse, is a startlingly lifelike work of art and a testament to the cross-cultural currents of the ancient world.

Oscar-winning Polish director and convicted sex offender Roman Polanski can be said to have redefined the way ‘evilness’ was ...

This spectacular work of medieval art imagines Christ's side as a vulva—and is now on view at the Met Cloisters, ...

A curated chapter for Women by Women at the PhotoVogue Festival, bringing together moving-image works by female and queer directors that explore intimacy, desire, self-representation and resistance.

It's been called a love letter to Italy and a grand tour through the nation's history and culture. The Dolce&Gabbana fashion exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Miami's Design ...

In the Iliad, Homer leaves Helen of Troy’s appearance undefined, inviting readers to imagine her beauty for themselves.

The exhibition, dedicated to the painter who sold few works during her lifetime and was largely overlooked in favour of her brother, will also travel to Scotland and tour the US ...

A statue transported from the Louvre lies on her side, the sheets pulled away to reveal her elegant curves. Only when you ...

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As the Year of the Horse clatters into view, the Celestial—or the 19th-century word for “Chinese”—empire has become ...

These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...