You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Things do not start well. Venus – or Aphrodite as she was originally called by the Greeks – was a ...

For those who think that ancient Greece was all philosophy and marathons, a scintillating exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston proves otherwise. Just in time for Valentine's Day, Aphrodite and ...

Close your eyes and think of Venus. What image comes to mind? Perhaps Botticelli’s bored teenager in her scallop shell; maybe the Venus de Milo, serene, lovely and just a touch bovine; perhaps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Koons, one of the most important artists of our time, likes to talk. Throw any subject at him and he can wax lyrical, which ...

Aphrodite (or Venus to the Romans) is thought to have been born near Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. According to Greek myth, Uranus and Gaia had a son named Cronus. The parents fought and Gaia ...

Venus, ancient goddess of love and beauty, is an apparently irrelevant, invented deity of the long dead. But Venus merits scrutiny. Chart her life story across 5,000 years and you chart the evolution ...

At first, everything seems bracingly direct, including the title, “Venus in Fur.” An irresistible object – a voluptuous actress trying out for an erotic role – meets an immovable force – a director ...