The celebrated documentarian co-directs this two-night extravaganza on PBS about the towering genius of the Renaissance.

This year, a team of Times journalists marked the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance with a series examining its ...

This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the ...

Around 1800, London-based published Samuel William Fores continued the playful tradition of composite portraiture in a series ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...

Mary and Saint Luke are the figures in the foreground, placed on both sides of the composition, while the two more miniature ...

But by this point we have seen so many striking pieces – fresher and livelier than paintings – that we can only marvel that it took that long. The title of the exhibition is Drawing the Italian ...

In the Legion of Honor’s Renaissance gallery, a new 400-year-old acquisition sparkles with a vibrancy belying its age. San Francisco is the new home to Lavinia Fontana’s 400-year-old painted “Portrait ...

Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

In 2017, Mike Purzycki became Wilmington's mayor intending to revitalize the city. He leaves behind a legacy that will ...

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...