World Art Day, observed on April 15 to commemorate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, is an international celebration of artistic ...

Taking the train from Rome to Naples, you’ll find yourself in a city with a unique charm and energy. Naples is home to the ...

The National Gallery of Art has announced a major new program to lend gems from its collections to regional museums across ...

Just opposite its namesake railway station is Santa Maria Novella, Florence’s first great basilica and the city’s principal ...

The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery combine to comprise the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Opened in 1923, the Freer Gallery showcases American paintings from the ...

Francesco Vezzoli’s apartment and studio are tributes to his lifelong fascination with the Memphis Group design collective.

April 14, 2025 • Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic from the Bhamla Lab at the Georgia Institute of ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If you're eager to get your steps in, climb up another 1,500 feet to the doors of the Abbey of San Miniato al Monte, one of the oldest churches in Florence. Admission is ...

That year, he finalized the donation of a Water Lilies series to the Musée de l’Orangerie, the art gallery in Paris next to the Place de la Concorde. He helped an architect create two special ...

Leo Strauss was not just an ordinary philosopher or political thinker; his influence spanned continents and still generates ...

The Musei Reali Torino has just opened a new exhibition examining and following representations of beauty from the age to Botticelli to Mucha. Drawing on 100 works, many borrowed from Italian ...