The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is ...

English as a Second Language tutoring at the Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St., Phoenicia, runs every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with librarian Susan teaching English to those who wish to learn. All ...

The Church of St. Vitale, built in 386, is the oldest Christian church still standing in the center of Rome. It is the “only place of worship from the fourth century that has remained intact ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...

This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in ...

Some of the most iconic American Western art is heading to auction at Christie’s in New York. Dozens of pieces from billionaire Bill Koch’s collection are expected to fetch at least $50 ...

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...

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Painter Valerena Yashou presented Pope Leo XIV with a portrait of him as he departed the patriarchal church of Saint George on Saturday. Trump’s Remarks to Female Reporters Spark Outcry ‘Most extreme ...