But as Louvre president Laurence des Cars has admitted, a visit to the overcrowded museum can also be a “physical ordeal” and some facilities urgently need updating. Last month, President Macron ...

Nearly 125 years after Pablo Picasso painted one portrait, high-tech imaging tools have revealed a secret — another, earlier ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...

One summer’s day in 1936, a crowd piled into a Mayfair gallery to hear Salvador Dalí give a lecture at the International ...

From mythical guardians to symbols of transformation and terror, the snake has slithered its way into the annals of art ...

Today, the museum is any art lover's dream: it still displays the family's prominent art collection, which includes such masterpieces as Botticelli's "Birth of Venus," Raphael's "Madonna of the ...

The Chicago Bears announced Tuesday that the team had reached an agreement with former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator to become head coach in the Windy City. The announcement was widely ...

The huge marble head, measuring 38 centimeters in height, depicts an elderly man with realistic details characteristic of late Hellenistic art. Deep facial wrinkles, a stern expression, and signs of ...

Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave its mark on human imagination. Perhaps it's the rearing cobra, poised on ...

Or it might be the head of Medusa, the Gorgon whose hair of writhing snakes and petrifying gaze have haunted myth and art alike. For the more artistically inclined, there's the celebrated ...