The restored painting by French master Jean-Antoine Watteau features a figure that looks suspiciously like the artist.

We take a closer look at hermits in art, from ancient statuaries to garden gnomes reimagined by Paul McCarthy.

The 100-piece collection has been praised for its size, variety and representation of all major European porcelain makers of ...

Europe is home to some of the world’s most unusual and fascinating festivals, each with its own quirky traditions. From fire ...

The Aso O. Tavitian Wing will be constructed between the existing museum building and the Manton Research Center, replacing ...

Yet, I rapidly revise my assumptions of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the surprises are all pleasant.A curious ...

Imagine the terror of awakening in a confined, pitch-black underground space slowly suffocating to death 6ft under while trapped in your own coffin. You can't see ...

The first artistic society in Egypt, La Chimère, which means “Gama'at Al-Khayal,” (The Imagination Group) was founded by ...

While the US may be among the most popular spots for mountain lake retreats, don’t write off Europe, or more specifically ...

Marginalized for decades, key works by some of the country’s most renowned painters finally take their rightful place in the ...

One of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's most intriguing and impressively comprehensive exhibitions of 2024 is "Tamara de Lempicka," the first major U.S. retrospective of the glamorous, ...

Since its inception 60 years ago, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum has exhibited outdoor sculpture on its property in the ...