From classical masterpieces to contemporary installations, explore the expressions that have shaped cultures, sparked emotions, and inspired generations.
The US’s most inspiring small towns for art lovers, with desert installations, coastal galleries, public murals, and vibrant festivals.
The festive short story The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, published in 1905, remains one of the most beloved Christmas stories of all time.
Performed for the first time in Vienna in 1786, Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro seemed to foreshadow the imminent French Revolution.
Many of the most famous palaces in and around St. Petersburg were built by an Italian Baroque architect, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Here are 7 of his masterpieces.
The Goetheanum is a Gesamtkunstwerk—a synthesis of all art forms. In 1922, unknown arsonists destroyed the original wood building.
African masks radically impacted modern Western art, inspiring the movements of Expressionism and Cubism.
Roman art drew heavily from Greek ideals, blending realism with idealism in sculptures to express power, intellect, and cultural sophistication.
The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer is a layered painting and one of only two known allegorical pictures by him.