Not everyone appreciates a good, old art masterpiece. Some might even go as far as calling it boring. It could be because they struggle to interpret the message behind the painting, or maybe they miss ...

Here are some long hidden artifacts—from King Tut's treasures to underwater antiquities—getting their debut at the Grand ...

In the tradition of his iconic Soundsuits, the monumental bronze sculpture by Nick Cave investigates identity, power, and ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, said David Drake, the artist, had been “deprived of his creations involuntarily and without ...

The most exciting is a roughly 4.5-centimeter-long, 1.2-centimeter-thick (1.8 and 0.5-inch) fragment of yellow ocher that was “fully-shaped into a crayon-like tool with a pointed morphology”, with ...

On the recording they made for their 1956 debut LP Tragic Songs of Life (later a country hit), Ira and Charlie Louvin ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

The institution has doubled the size of its former space to display more of its collection of 117,000 works, plus newly ...

Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, adding to evidence that Neanderthals used ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Elizabeth Shaw was born in 2058 to British parents, but spent much of her life in South Africa, where her parents were missionaries. After losing her father to Ebola, she travelled extensively. She ...

Researchers at Finland's Astuvansalmi rock art site are uncovering previously hidden prehistoric paintings using cutting-edge hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence. The discovery promises ...