A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice ...

That’s obviously a quintessentially Turkish — or should I say, Ottoman — feature of the picture,” Piening notes. Objects within the painting add layers of cultural symbolism and material ...

the Turkey Minister of Culture and Tourism. There was just one problem — it was missing its head. The statue depicts a public administrator named Antonius Philagrios and was carved during the ...