An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million US estimate, despite ...

Two members of Lord Beaverbrook's family say disputed works of art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery belong to the people of New Brunswick, and a legal challenge launched by their cousins has no merit.

On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling that racial ...

The Christian concept of Hell evolved from a vague shadowy realm to a vividly structured place of moral consequence. Credit: Sandro Botticelli, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Long before the fiery ...

Our lecturer Anna Warrillow guided us on a fascinating study into the importance of marriage in 15th century Florence, in ...

From fairytale princesses to modern monarchs, these royal wedding dresses have defined bridal fashion for generations. These ...

The Smithsonian has changed or eliminated some interpretive language that typically accompanies exhibited artworks. Critics call this self-censorship. By Zachary Small and Robin Pogrebin The sixth ...

Dr. Chad Painter’s research is guided by the general question: What is the normative role of the media? To answer this question he specifically focuses on the portrayal of journalists in popular ...

The Met Gala, a marquee and one-night-only event held as a fundraiser for the museum of the same name, has come and gone. But the exhibit it fêtes is here to stay through January of next year. Costume ...

For the past decade, Sue Schubel has been making detailed decoys of terns, puffins and other seabirds to entice real ones to restored or new homes ‘The Queen of the Ghetto’ Gave New York’s Immigrant ...

The night closed with a 97 percent sell-through rate, as deep bidding, prearranged guarantees and irrevocable bids kept the ...