Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

The glowing works from Siena, now at the Met, are revelatory for their emotional intensity and 24-karat beauty.

Many exhibitions around the country will showcase artists’ responses to political and social movements, and to their own ...

Seven works of local art mysteriously vanished in early October in a busy hospital under the scrutiny of security cameras.

Abstract art often poses a challenge for many viewers due to its lack of connection to the physical world. Like other ...

A plaque attached to the work reads “Holy Mother of God, be thou the cause of peace for Siena and life to Duccio because he ...

In this week's Fogcutter column, SFGATE staffers visited a new de Young Museum exhibit, a Golden Gate Park concert, Valencia ...

Sienese painting represents ... for Sienese artists to reemerge. By then, gossip-biographer Giorgio Vasari had situated Florence, Rome, and Venice as centers of Renaissance art.

Tamara de Lempicka is having a banner year, which is rather remarkable considering she died 44 years ago. Along with a retrospective art exhibition at the de Young Museum, a new documentary fully ...

Art reflects society, culture, and the human spirit, with masterpieces becoming priceless treasures over time. On ...

Rabat, Morocco - Recent An art festival is held on the world's first museum boat in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, offering distinguished cultural experience to local residents and visitors ...