The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same place. And now the remarkably ordinary footwear has ...

Two new art exhibits Knights in Armor the Pavia Tapestries and Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka now open at Museum of Fine ...

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With a long-lost and recently discovered painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, ‘Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy’, on ...

As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

Independent publisher Whitefox has collaborated with author Sarah Dunant on a "bold" history of the Marchesa Isabella d'Este, ...

The American actress and model has been a style legend for more than 50 years. She celebrates her family in a new Burberry ...

In 1911, a mysterious thief slipped the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre, shocking the world. The disappearance set off a global ...

It seems like humans always need to know who or what is the best in any category. Renaissance people were no different. A ...

In 2014, art historian Mina Gregori said she had found 17th century painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's 'Magdalene in ...