As Museum of Fine Arts, Houston celebrated the 100th anniversary of its inaugural building last fall, MFAH director and ...

The rule of the last Bourbon kings coincided with "the elevation and systematisation" of science as a discipline, said ...

The Butterworth Center houses one of six known Venetian ceiling paintings in the United States. Cleaning the painting alone could cost over $1 million.

The origin and popularity of Chinoiserie can be seen as a broad and deep engagement with and imitation of Chinese culture and ...

Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

None of us will ever come close to what 18th century genius Samuel Johnson achieved in his lifetime: poems, plays, polemics, ...

A painting found in an abandoned California storage locker is a rare double-sided portrait by revered American painter Ammi ...

As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...

Primavera,' a film about Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist who penned “The Four Seasons,” has ...

A cold painted bronze of a Gyrfalcon and a near pair of George IV reclining armchairs are among a treasure trove of unusual ...

Always a treasure trove of beautiful and unusual antiques, Tennants’ Country House Sale on 10th and 11th January will combine over 700 lots of paintings, ceramics, glass, works of art, furniture, rugs ...

The daughter of legendary composer, Leonard Bernstein, is delving into her father’s passion for Voltaire in her production of ...