A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold at auction for $3.1 million. The delicate oil painting measures less ...

but is she modeling Mary, the Mother of Jesus? Or, on the contrary, are the unmistakable Marian motifs a shrewd pretext to exalt a popular actress? There is no easy answer to this question. The ...

In 2004, at the behest of the Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services at the University of Dayton, Tom Burkhardt, a garden began to take shape in the courtyard bounded on the north by ...

is on display at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Why it matters: This is the first time the public can view "Penitent ...