SOLON, Maine — At Colby College in Waterville, Professor Véronique Plesch is the authority on art. The Swiss native is the ...

The discovery adds to evidence that preparatory drawings were common practice for Venetian artists as well as for their ...

Italy’s Eternal City might be known for bringing history alive but it turns out it’s also quite affordable for a city break – ...

Laurent Binet’s Renaissance epistolary novel blends the postmodern playfulness of Umberto Eco with the vigour of Dashiell ...

With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench Thursday ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...

Conclave isn't a typical political thriller. It uses symbolism to its fullest. It's set in Vatican politics, but the real story is what you see beyond the surface.

Tuscany becomes first Italian region to approve assisted suicide law, Farnese Collection masterpieces go on display in Rome, ...

The impulse our artists have to make art for art’s sake creates a very generous environment,” gallerist Borrego Curro told Observer during ART WKND GDL.

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, this decadent drama about a beautiful young woman is a one-sided meditation on art, desire and ...