This ancient city, geographically positioned on most major trade routes of the ancient world, adopted the new Greek influence and became a hub of learning and commerce for the expanding Empire of ...

Laodicea holds an important place in history. Founded on the site of an earlier city by Antiochus II, king of the Seleucid Empire, between 261 and 253 BCE, it was named in honor of his wife Laodice.

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

Ameya Okamoto, Santana Walker, and Celeste Hampton—part of the Smithsonian's Nail Art Project. Photos courtesy of the ...

Syd Mead, the industrial designer and concept artist behind sci-fi films from "Blade Runner" to "Tron," gets his first major ...

“Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900,” now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, aims to change this. In an ambitious array of some 200 artworks spanning eight ...

Part of Lumon’s institutional power arises from its ability to make every employee adhere to the ethos of its founder, Kier ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...