New York, United States - 03, 2025 The first major retrospective in the United States of the emblematic painter of German Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ...

Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World in a virtual lecture hosted by the McMullen on ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

redefines Islamic art to put Saudi Arabia on global art map Inside the Islamic Arts Biennale: A Rare Look at the Kaaba’s Drapes.(Image by X/WACommunity) Known as the Kiswah, it is made of black ...

Rising Hindu nationalism and recent incidents of censorship have made exhibitors increasingly cautious to show contentious ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th century, too young to belong to Jesus' sainted contemporary. Experts say ...

The Cultivist is one of very few private art clubs, but the idea has a long history. For over a century, museums worldwide have maintained groups that offer members a way to engage on a more ...

Days before Valentine's Day in 1979, a two century old bust of the Greek God Hermes was stolen in broad daylight out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during one of the busiest times in its history.

The country's reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who campaigned on outreach to the West, urged officials on Monday to ...

For years, an elaborately displayed tooth at the Art Institute of Chicago has been thought to belong to the major Christian religious figure John the Baptist. As it turns out, that claim has no teeth.

From stunning art museums to breathtaking religious buildings, here are the things you need to see and do in Spain before you ...

Glass perfume dispenser from Egypt, 12th to 13th centuries. Saint Louis Art Museum Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI A specialist in Islamic History, Víctor Pallejà de Bustinza is an Associate ...