Besides its musical beauty and thrilling sense of wonder, the song ‘We Three Kings’ offers a treasure trove of stories to ...

Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland has reached a “just and fair” deal with the heirs of a Jewish collector over a Camille ...

Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

Visitors eager to catch a glimpse of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam may be surprised to find ...

Stockholm’s subway system is truly one of a kind. One hundred stations, each with unique art on its platform, walls, or waiting hall. Since 1957 artists have played a key role when new stations have ...

In three visits to London between 1899 and 1901, the French Impressionist, then approaching 60 years of age, embarked upon one of the most ambitious series of penetrating paintings ever undertaken ...

the Gallery houses the nation’s collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the late 13th to the early 20th century. The collection includes works by Artemisia Gentileschi, Bellini, ...

A show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago challenges the timeworn ... What keeps me going every day is that I do the same thing as Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Neanderthals.” ...

Christmas is a season of spiritual reflection on the foundations of the Christian faith. It’s also a celebration of the arrival of Jesus. Christmas is a time for Christians to praise God’s love for ...

Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal ...

Of all great painters, one of the supposedly most productive was Rembrandt Harmens Van Rijn (1606-1669). In the galleries of the world, 800 paintings of knights, beggars, saints, painters ...

In the extensive publications about John James Audubon (Fig. 1), the artist-naturalist who was America’s first great watercolorist, his art has not received the same attention as his dramatic life ...