An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...

Flowers in a Jar by Duncan Grant and George Bergen will be on public display at Charleston [The Charleston Trust] A rare painting has been returned to its former home in East Sussex as part of a ...

February marks the 30th anniversary of the Cy Twombly Gallery, a part of the Menil Collection, in Montrose. A monumental gift ...

The Milwaukee Public Museum has more than 4 million artifacts in its collections. Many of those items haven’t been displayed — or were only briefly showcased for exhibitions — like a rare painting ...

Krishna Kanwal's 1940 painting sold at Bonhams for $207,573—15 times his previous auction record. Krishna Kanwal, Portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his enthronement (1940). Courtesy of ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed 2,000 ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have brought a striking new face of early Christianity into view, uncovering a rare fresco that shows Jesus clean-shaven and youthful rather than bearded and severe. The image ...

THOMASTON, Maine (WMTW) - A rare 17th-century painting by the famous painter Rembrandt will soon go to its new home after being sold for more than $1 million. The highly sought-after painting was ...

An “exceptionally rare” painting was found hiding in plain sight in the United Kingdom, officials said. Photo from the National Trust A large painting hanging in Oxburgh Hall, a lavish manor in the ...

Three years after his death, one of Nigeria’s master artists, Yusuf Grillo, gets his first posthumous solo exhibition, which showcases paintings that were never seen in public during his lifetime.