The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called "The Boxer at Rest," from 330-50 BC, is one of the most realistic of all ancient ...

On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

The singer and rapper posted a photo of himself with his hand on a carved stone stele at the National Museum of Anthropology.

The Chinchorro people, who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru beginning around 7000 BC, developed the earliest known artificial mummification techniques - ...

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is inviting visitors to wrap up warm and experience walking in acres of stunning landscape, ...

Images capture the remarkable variety of petroglyphs etched into rock across a wide swathe of land, from Mongolia to the ...

New research uncovers the layered techniques behind Renaissance drawings by Rafael and Leonardo da Vinci, using advanced ...

This artful mix of must-see museum shows in North Texas runs well into the new year. The presents are unwrapped, the turkey ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

A centuries-old Kazakh puppet tradition is finding new life on global stages, in classrooms, and even through 3D printing.