If you go: The Skeleton Key Odditorium museum and oddity shop, 939 S.W. 10th Ave., is open from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and noon to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

By the 15th century, an ominous motif was established in art and literature: the danse macabre, or dance of death.Skeletons and cadavers draped with putrified flesh cavorted with the living in ...

It's a tale as old as time – two lovers unjustly torn apart. But while the story of King Pedro I and his queen Inês De Castro has shades of Romeo and Juliet in its set up, it ends up somewhere ...

Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced in Mexico every year for the Day of the Dead (November 1 and 2). Works made by celebrated Mexican printmakers Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) and JG Posada ...

Vincent van Gogh, Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, c. 1885-86, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. While more widely known for the tragedy of his life than the darkness expressed ...

A skeleton band plays for the danse macabre, ... It seems that in some aspects, the medieval art of death is as relevant today as it was to people almost 700 years ago.

His art walks the line between the macabre and the beautiful with ease, and the art world is taking note. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tyler Thrasher (@tylerthrasherart) ...

The monarch who was crowned after death is part of Portuguese folklore. As a portrait of Inês by Paula Rego is exhibited, Holly Williams looks at why she has fascinated artists.

Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced in Mexico every year for the Day of the Dead (November 1 and 2). Works made by celebrated Mexican printmakers Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) and JG Posada ...