Caretakers at a church in Spain have resigned over a deeply unpopular restoration of a statue of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin ...

June 9 is the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. As liturgical feasts go, it’s very recent: Pope Francis only added it to the calendar in 2018, on the Monday after Pentecost.

Virgin enthroned with child, surrounded by angels and saints, the central panel of the Maesta, 1308-1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. Gift this article 7 min read ...

For the first time since the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s, Haarlem bore witness to a liturgical procession of relics, an event that marked both a histo ...

The historic wind instrument known as the cornett once again echoes through Czech churches. Students are learning to play it ...

Helen Lewis discusses her new book, The Genius Myth, which sets out to unravel the mystery of what we mean when we call ...

She could sit on a bench in Europe completely unmolested, without a single human being saying a word to her, until the sun ...

If you’ve ever fancied visiting a city founded by the Romans, defended by poets’ heroines and blessed with not one but two ...

For a trip to France filled with history and outdoor adventures, visit this city that's filled with medieval architecture and ...

A Sacred Emblem of Merida Over the centuries, chroniclers, historians and art critics have turned their attention to what is undoubtedly the most iconic monument in the Yucatecan capital, penning a ...

They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many other artists before and since?

A deconstruction of the relationship between viewer and viewed, depiction and depicted, Las Meninas asks, Just what is it you ...