In the late 1870s, banker and art collector William Corcoran commissioned larger-than-life Carrara marble sculptures of some ...

Maas didn't skimp on the details, revealing that Alma-Tadema's brush holds the record for a Victorian painting price tag—£27.4million for a stunning piece sold in New York not long ago.

The secret: working together to turn water into a weapon. An orca bites a crab­eater seal. Unlike large, docile Weddell seals, crabeaters are aggressive and can be difficult to wave wash.

In 1953, then-Senator John F. Kennedy proposed. The couple later picked out a diamond and emerald ring from Van Cleef & Arpels. In 1968, five years after JFK's death, Jackie married Aristotle Onassis.

Hospitals in several Indian states have begun painting large red cross symbols on their rooftops amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan following recent cross-border strikes.

Fragar’s oil painting of her friend Williams, titled Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), is one of the largest works in the Archibald exhibition of 57 finalists, selected from 904 entries.

Professor Sir Ian Diamond has stepped down from his position as head of the Office for National Statistics and Government Statistical Service due to health issues. Announcing his exit, Diamond said in ...

A 100-year-old painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris is on exhibition now in Sydney, N.S., just in time for the anniversary of the event that led to the killing of coal miner William Davis.

Despite the painting’s high price tag, there is no consensus among experts about who painted the altarpiece, where it was commissioned or even what country the artist was from. Last exhibited in ...

The fabled Kohinoor diamond is once again in the spotlight. A British minister recently said the United Kingdom is in talks with India about “sharing” historical artefacts like the Kohinoor. “We’ve ...