The violin has a storied place in so much of European classical music. But sometime in the 17th century, it began to intrigue ...

Over time these react with negatively charged components of oil called fatty acids, which have been severed from the rest of ...

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with ...

A new Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition in Paris showcases never-before-seen paintings that shed new light on the artist.

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Two paintings by Frans Hals, possibly depicting his children, are returning to the Netherlands after a century abroad. The ...

AN overlooked city dubbed the ‘white city of Morocco’ is a holiday destination where you won’t find many crowds this summer. Tetouan in Morocco is often overlooked as a holiday ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

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The National Gallery of Art pairs art and science in a survey of some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city imprinted with seven centuries of cultural history.