The Metropolitan Museum of Art's engaging "Recasting the Past" exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the 12th century.

Artifacts from 1,000 years of Ashkenazi Jewish life including literary transcripts, Herzl's diary, everyday notes and ...

International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, provides an opportunity to reflect on the strides made in women's rights in ...

The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the ... four centuries after the 16th-Century Renaissance artist worked. Artists may be visionaries, but they're not time travellers.

The Scholars, out May 2 on Matador Records ... There are references to a 16th-century Venetian playwright, an old American folk song, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. At a private performance ...

YIVO will mark its 100th anniversary on March 24, approaching the digital age invigorated and ready to reach more Jews.

As acceptance rates to Ivy League schools continue to plummet, honors colleges and programs are emerging as a popular—and ...

Nestled amid the rocky escarpments and dusty sage grass of the central Texas plain lies the Robert E. Howard Museum. It’s in a sleepy city called Cross Plains, a rural outpost steeped in Americana and ...

She’s the artful dodger. The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “nev ...

A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the centre of a custody battle between a widow in Norfolk and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child ...

LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found - and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and ...