Spain’s great and brooding Escorial was built to be a royal court, reliquary, monastery, art gallery, basilica and a pantheon of kings all joined in one. But most of all it was—and is—the ...

When restoration work began in Lo Monthang's Thubchen monastery in 2001, the once-vivid colors of its wall paintings appeared dull and grimy, trapped behind 500 years of smoke, soot, and grease ...

In Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, along the banks of the Yarlung Zangpo River is a surprisingly vast expanse of ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...

Our art database makes it easy to track the changing prices of over 800,000 artists, giving you real insight into how much artworks should cost. No. As the appraisal process is done exclusively online ...

Whether you're a fan of Banksy's street art style or prefer the vivid colors of impressionists like Monet, there's no doubt that art can be a great investment, and it's growing in popularity.

The College of Art and Design is RIT’s creative hub where art, design, and technology intersect. From centuries-old and contemporary methods of producing fine art to the latest in digital media, we ...

Today, Islamic art is still being carved into the landscape of AlUla. In 2022, Desert X AlUla brought together acclaimed international artists to create monumental works amid the red sandstone ...

Remember Oct. 4, 1987? "Fall's snowy crippler" shut down the Capital Region with snapped trees, fallen power lines and an early October snowy, sleety mess. Scroll through the photos below to ...

ARLINGTON — The Carmelite nuns in Arlington have transferred ownership of their expansive wooded monastery to a new foundation amid an ongoing dispute with the Catholic Bishop of Fort Worth.

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes and its burgeoning ground invasion have forced dozens of Lebanese Christians to take shelter in a monastery close to the border with Israel. Milad Louis ...

By Holland Cotter Lisa Schiff acknowledges stealing millions from major collectors who trusted her to buy them fashionable art. By Sarah Maslin Nir His Brutalist buildings, praised during the ...