From Pre-Raphaelite paintings to Taylor Swift’s new album, she bobs to the surface of art and literature again and again ...

John William Waterhouse, baptized on April 6, 1849, in Rome, Italy, was born to English painter parents, William and Isabella Waterhouse. His formative years in Rome immersed him in classical art and ...

What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Gustav Klimt work have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first ...

A portrait by Gustav Klimt becomes the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction, fetching $236.4 million at ...

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Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, founded as a Department of Yale College, by the late Augustus Russell Street. The Galleries are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Season Tickets, ...

Street art, now celebrated in galleries and on walls around the world, was born from the streets, rebellion, and urban creativity. This movement is the result of a history that blends identity, social ...

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Florence was born in 1820 in a big city in Italy. It's called Florence and that's how she got her name. She went to the Crimean War to nurse wounded soldiers. She became known as ‘The Lady with the ...