A Francis Bacon painting valued at £60m is to be seen in public for the first time for 45 years when it goes under the hammer next month. His Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971 was the last ...

But the craft sits close to Pope's heart; it's the one art form among his many occupations where he senses "unfinished business." Making his eventual Midwest return, Pope pursued an ideal ...

Maffeo Barberini lived up to the lofty expectations of his aristocratic parents by being elected pope in 1623 ... the National Gallery of Ancient Art. It was built during Urban VIII’s papacy ...

24 with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis visits Marc Chagall’s painting “White Crucifixion” at Palazzo Cipolla in Rome on the feast of the Immaculate ...

Art, particularly pyrography (woodburning), became a form of therapy for the teenager, her family said. Her mother Natasha Pope said: "I don't speak about my daughter in the past tense - I utter ...

In the exhibition, new productions, works by contemporary artists, and pieces from the Moderna Museet Collection meet. The show features installation, sculpture, performance, film, photography, and ...

Recording the essence of reality rather than imposing self-absorbed narratives is a skill many contemporary artists lack, but two veterans of Scottish ...

At the heart of the Florentine resurgence were three titans of art: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Raphael ...