Sandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano Filipe around the year 1445, spent the majority of his life living and working in Florence. He was very well known and celebrated during his lifetime and ...

Tetyana Filevska is a free-lance art-manager and scholar based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Has worked for the EIDOS ...

The launch will see the unveiling of the MOWAA Institute — a 4,500-square-metre state-of-the-art facility for collections storage, conservation, research and archaeology — alongside the inaugural ...

Jean-Pierre Isbouts - one of National Geographic’s best-selling authors- has been studying and following Leonardo da Vinci’s paper trail for years. He’s written about the Italian’s career and legacy, ...

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American artist from the state of Wisconsin who specialised in depictions of enlarged flowers, skyscrapers and landscapes. She has been recognised at the “Mother of ...

“I paint myself because I’m so often alone and because I am the subject I know best,” Frida Kahlo. Born and raised in Mexico to a German father and a Pacific Islander mother, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) ...

The picture of the disrespectful half-naked “Hercules” has been posted on social media and triggered outrage in the local community. The picture was posted also on Facebook by local businessman on ...

Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer, Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer, and Berlin's Senator for Culture Sahra Wedl-Wilson, representing the Governing Mayor, praised Parzinger's ...

The viewer’s emotional response is ten times stronger when they are face to face with the painting in the museum. Researchers used electroencephalograms (EEGs) to reveal that real artworks, including ...

Seated with her legs apart in front of three clergymen, the nun points her finger at one of them. The men, standing, hold their robes up to display their state of sexual arousal. The inscription Voilà ...

Promoter and founder of the museum Taxto Benet assured the unwanted closure is attributed to the losses caused by the protests of the SUT union in front of the building over the last four months. The ...