El País in English1d
Michelangelo’s secret ‘code’: Did the master conceal a medical treatise in his artworks?
A new study by the University of Paris-Saclay suggests that the scene of ‘The Flood’ in the Sistine Chapel frescoes depicts a ...
Traveling with MJ on MSN6d
9 Art Masterpieces in Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy, attracts millions of visitors each year and is well known for its art – art museums and galleries hou ...
The best biographies and memoirs of 2024, from Elizabeth II’s life to Rushdie’s near-death
This year saw the release of Craig Brown’s magnum opus on the late Queen, as well as dissections of the messy difficulty of ...
The Financial Times21d
Medici reimagined for the 21st century — and beyond
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 16th-century Tuscany, the ruling Medici family sometimes received diplomatic gifts of Chinese blue-and ...
Nashville Scene16h
‘Cocaine & Rhinestones’ Recounts a Legendary Country Music Marriage
The story Tyler Mahan Coe tells in Cocaine & Rhinestones: A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette is about how the two ...
The Malta Independent3d
‘Layers’ a solo exhibition by Nickie Sultana at Gallery 23, Balzan
Nickie Sultana (b.1973) is an established, internationally celebrated Maltese artist, specializing in portraiture, local ...
ScienceAlert7d
Hidden Detail in Famous Michelangelo Seems to Depict a Deadly Disease
For centuries, the faithful and the curious have crowded to gaze up at the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in awe of Michelangelo ...
The Justice7d
17th century portraiture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum houses four paintings by Dutch masters that represent a variety of portraiture styles of ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press3d
Review: Tyler Mahan Coe’s story of George Jones, Tammy Wynette illustrated by Chattanooga-born artist Wayne White
A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette" is about how the two greatest singers in country music history balanced ...
Michelangelo secretly painted a common women's health condition into his Sistine Chapel masterpiece. So, can you spot it?
The Sistine Chapel is known for its frescoes, which were painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Despite their ...
The most dazzling dagger you’ll ever see – and other treasures of the Mughal emperors
The V&A’s forthcoming exhibition, The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence ... This shield may have been given by ...
A guide to Düsseldorf's Old Town—'the longest bar in the world'
Its Old Town may be nicknamed the ‘longest bar in the world’, but good beer is just one asset of this lively culture hub in west Germany.