Saudi Arabia has launched a museum that is dedicated exclusively to Islamic art. The House of Islamic Arts, located in Jeddah ...

Before the invention of the microscope and the field of entomology emerged, Joris Hoefnagel devoted himself to the natural world.

In a fluorescent-lit diner on a dark city street, film noir-type characters look aloof at the counter while a waiter tends to ...

In lending the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry to Britain, France uses a rich visual depiction of a war to weave a peace built ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

The critically-acclaimed film continues to receive accolades 6 years after its release. Here are the other 9 movies that made the list.

Caravaggio and the 20th Century at the Villa Bardini June 5 2025 Picture: Villa Bardini Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: I'm very slow to news that the Villa Bardini in Florence opened an interesting ...

Buddhism’s arrival in the 7th century led to an increase in the erection of Sīma stones throughout the region for over four centuries. The Phu Phrabat Mountain area preserves the largest corpus in the ...

Fragments of the earliest surviving copy of Isidore’s etymologiae, written by an Irish scribe in the seventh century and later brought to St Gallen, also make an appearance.

A museum is to become the new home to what is believed to be the largest collection of 7th Century gold coins found in Britain. Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery in Norfolk has acquired the ...