By engaging with art imaginatively, we can encounter that deeper reality that the Surrealists have always sought in their artwork.

From Britain’s medieval buildings to western pop and contemporary art, these creations showcase our interwoven stories, says former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams ...

Through the centuries, ownership of the historic city of Ani and its churches has passed from one culture to another.

Master of Saint Augustine, "Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine of Hippo" (c. 1490), central panel of a triptych Belgium, Bruges (all photos courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum unless otherwise ...

Archaeologists excavating a mysterious medieval cemetery in Wales have uncovered compelling evidence that the burial ground was part of an early female religious community. The discovery of a possible ...

There’s plenty to look forward to for exhibition-goers in 2026, with several prominent shows celebrating well-established, ...

Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

Cecilia Giménez, the artist behind the viral Beast Jesus restoration, has died at 94. Her legacy lives on in memes, tourism, ...

A cultural initiative in Piedmont is unlocking a trove of priceless medieval frescoes in rural churches The Santa Maria di Missione chapel in Villafranca Piemonte, northern Italy, stands at the end of ...

In 1947 the Vatican spoke bluntly to modern artists presuming to handle medieval religious themes. In the encyclical Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII warned that “he wanders from the right path … who ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Cecilia Giménez’s repainting of an image of Jesus in 2012 was widely mocked online. But tourists flocked to see her work, ...