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 ...

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 ...

The Skeleton Key Odditorium museum and store carries all manner of oddities ... “That was primarily just a retail shop known for oddities and macabre and unique art,” Jobe said.

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.

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...