In Part 2 of our Impressionism series, we leave the floating world of Japan behind and step into the bustling... more

Before Monet painted water lilies or Degas sketched ballerinas, a wave was crashing in from the East. In this episode,... more

In this special episode, the host and producer of The Art of Crime, Gavin Whitehead, joins us to explore the... more

In 1501, Lucrezia Borgia—daughter of the infamous Pope Alexander VI—briefly ruled the Vatican in his absence, a moment as shocking... more

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus reimagines Ovid's Metamorphoses, transforming the myth of Icarus into a... more

Inspired by The Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I at Hatfield Park, an extravagant cake was recently unveiled by Emma... more

Witchcraft has captivated the imagination of society for centuries, and is today viewed as an enigmatic symbol of limitless power... more

The story behind John Singer Sargent’s iconic painting, Portrait of Madame X, rarely focuses on on the life of its... more

George Washington was many things: general, president, family man, and slaveholder. This giant of American history had a complex relationship... more

Artist and illustrator J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951) helped shape modern American visual culture as the mind behind advertising campaigns like the... more