Imagine the walls that have soaked up 1600 years of history in one of Constantinople’s most important Byzantine monasteries, ...

By: Mr. Rajesh Krishnan Every society's culture, stories, and ideals have always been best expressed via art. Even before ...

Vladimir Putin allowed cameras inside his Moscow residence. The footage shows lavish decor and personal spaces. It includes a ...

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

A slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in storage.

An exhibition devoted to the Art Nouveau designer highlights his suggestive, colorful posters, making an impassioned if ...

Welcome to Historic UK’s directory of museums in Britain, ranging from internationally famous national museums such as the Natural History Museum, to specialist and local interest museums. The sheer ...

Rare 16th-century Tudor wall paintings have been uncovered during renovations at The Ashes, a historic hunting lodge in Cumbria. Owners Jen and Richard Arkell stumbled upon the intricate wall ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.

In Jeff Wall’s ‘Insomnia’ (1994), a man lies in a foetal position ... His work has also been compared with painting, with its dramatic compositions, awe-inspiring size, and focus on the in-person, ...

After years of planning, the room been returned to its former glory: a new ceiling and new floor have been installed, so too a custom-built fireplace, wall panelling, and window casings.

The wall paintings are beyond description; you could do a Renaissance art course just in the rooms we go through. I am taken into the meeting, with my colleagues, cameras clicking, TV present.