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 origin and popularity of Chinoiserie can be seen as a broad and deep engagement with and imitation of Chinese culture and ...
The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...
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 ...
Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...
Primavera,' a film about Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist who penned “The Four Seasons,” has ...
Friedrich Schenck, the relatively obscure painting 'Anguish' has garnered renewed interest thanks to social media.
A cold painted bronze of a Gyrfalcon and a near pair of George IV reclining armchairs are among a treasure trove of unusual ...
We had not visited San Francisco in 20 years to write a travel story, so we were quite overdue when we decided to go in ...
Lauded by Ukulele Magazine as “one of the most prolific and successful musicians Hawaii has ever produced,” six-time Grammy ...
The daughter of legendary composer, Leonard Bernstein, is delving into her father’s passion for Voltaire in her production of ...