A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

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The Dutch art fair, renowned for art and antiquities, works to prove its relevance as the wider world changes around it.

The Extremaduran city is competing to become European Capital of Culture 2031. While the candidates are being judged, ...

I fell in love with textile art. Above and right: visitors to Judy Chicago’s installation, ‘The Dinner Party’, are greeted by six five-foot-high woven banners, created between 1974 and 1979. © Judy ...

It was something of a coincidence that a rare, 444-year-old book, written in medieval Italian, has found a home in the Elwyn ...

From Melbourne’s legendary food scene and Edinburgh’s medieval beauty to the buzz of New York and Tokyo’s maze-like streets, ...

Travel and Tour World (TTW) has unveiled its new research, "50 heritage sites in the world for 2026," highlighting the landmarks shaping the future of heritage tourism. Based on editorial research, ...

Mary Stuart's father reportedly predicted that the Scottish throne would end with a woman. But no one could have foreseen the ...

He has spent a lifetime collecting textiles from around the world in an effort to spotlight the overlooked makers behind abstract masterpieces he believes “the Western art movement has always ...