via Metropolitan Museum of Art Capitalism was a dangerous business back then, as attested to by a strange relic in the first gallery, recovered from the shipwreck of an early-17th-century Dutch ...

DC! Close out spring at an outdoor music festival such as M3 Rock and Porchfest. Plus, WorldPride comes to town boasting an ...

There's no question that this is the most magical road trip in Germany; follow in the footsteps of fairy tales with medieval ...

Shademomo Iwasaki is a trailblazing contemporary artist whose work brings a powerful voice to today’s art scene. Born and raised in Japan to a Ghanaian father and Japanese mother, she draws deeply ...

A painting by Ewa Juszkiewicz in the foyer of Andrew Bolton’s New York home © Keith Oshiro The work of art that changed everything for me is Francis Bacon’s “screaming Pope”, after Diego Velázquez’s ...

Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche, the forgotten works were in pristine condition and had been hidden for nearly two centuries. “My first feeling was ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany. Some of the findings could help shed light on a mysterious gravesite at the camp. Photo from ...

Visitors have been able to step into a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic church in Maryland for the first time – an opportunity over 320 years in the making. Historic St. Mary's City ...

The 52-year-old has been on the road since 2019 with a remarkable early 17th century work, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, painted by Italian baroque painter, Michelangelo Merisi, more popular as the ...

Robbie Williams has revealed he was diagnosed with scurvy after rapid weight loss caused by taking an appetite suppressant — describing the condition as a “17th-century pirate disease.” ...

A 17th-century painting looted by Nazis from the home of a Jewish Belgian art collector is being returned to his family by Tate Britain. The government’s Spoliation Advisory Panel recommended the ...

showing off the new structure around the 17th century warship. Due for completion in 2028, in time to mark the 400th anniversary of the shipwreck, the cost of the project is estimated at up to 17. ...