To Create a ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy,’ the Met Enlisted a Superstar
The 29-year-old fashion photographer Tyler Mitchell had his own ideas about how to shoot the catalog for the museum’s spring ...
'Something stirring beneath the surface': What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by Titian and Picasso. What ...
Don your armor and raise a glass of mead, the Guthrie Renaissance Festival starts Friday
Travel back in time for the Guthrie Renaissance Festival, which runs from Friday through Sunday. Travel back in time for the Guthrie Renaissance Festival, which runs from Friday through Sunday. Open ...
Mystery of 18th century suspected-murder victim Arnish Moor Man explored
A new exhibition about a burial on the Isle of Lewis from the 1700s has opened for the first time in a generation.
Mystery of suspected-murder victim Arnish Moor Man explored
A new exhibition about a burial on the Isle of Lewis from the 1700s has opened for the first time in a generation.
Grayson Perry: ‘Of course I love the super-rich – they buy my work!’
On the eve of a new exhibition, the artist talks to Geordie Greig about his alter ego ‘Claire’, surviving emotional abuse and ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
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Men Undressing for Women and Other Contemporary Takes on the Old Masters
Two men look at, left ... in the manner of Anthony Van Dyck’s “Triple Portrait of Charles I” (1635–36). Using a royal style for a young muse, Sleigh upends the expectations of traditional ...
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'Something stirring beneath the surface': What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
had proved the existence of an upside-down portrait of a mustachioed man holding a quill beneath the Italian Renaissance master Titian's painting Ecce Homo, 1570-75. On its surface, Titian's ...
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An in-depth look at our enigmatic and brilliant third president
Thomas Jefferson is an enigma among American historical figures. He was one of America’s founding fathers, and the principal ...