Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

After that unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience of being a participant in a conclave with 132 other brother cardinals ...

The Botticelli painting had been kept at Betterton House, near Wantage, Berkshire, since 1944. When the painting sold at Sotheby’s in 2024, Alex Bell, Sotheby’s worldwide co-chairman of old ...

The painting depicts an image of the Virgin Mary sitting on a throne with the child of Christ. It is believed to have been painted in the 1470s, early in Botticelli’s career. The Department for ...

and the campaign gives a nod to one of the most famous pieces of art that uses it: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. In a photo by Tyler Mitchell, Williams is caught in motion, stepping out ...

A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for R245 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. Marlene Dumas’ 1997 painting “Miss January” recently ...

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He recalled that ...

Given Bob Dylan’s reticent public persona, his art has long seemed the closest one can get to standing in the songwriter’s shoes. Much of the octogenarian’s work may be done on the road ...

(The Conversation) — The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s painting. (The Conversation) — Pope Francis ...

What accomplishments are you most proud of and why? Athletically, winning states last year in the 4×400 meter relay in track and field is a memory I will have for a lifetime. While winning itself ...

A 100-year-old painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris is on exhibition now in Sydney, N.S., just in time for the anniversary of the event that led to the killing of coal miner William Davis.