Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a staple leisure activity: what could be more British than a weekend drive to ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...

Royal portraiture isn't just a way to disseminate the royal image -- it has also been used as a powerful political tool. In many royal portraits, monarchs wear decadent fabrics and priceless jewels to ...

The Danish royal household celebrated Crown Prince Christian turning 20 by releasing a series of official birthday portraits - but they have sparked unexpected controversy. Seven new dashing ...

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The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, and ...

The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won’t be ...

In our November issue, we invite five Malaysian artists to interpret hope through their art. This is “FALLING INTO YOU” by ...

Richard Linklater likes to joke that if he and Ethan Hawke didn’t know each other so well, Hawke probably would have punched him during the making of “Blue Moon.” The two Texans have been friends and ...

If you’re a fan of aging, 75yo+ classic rock stars like Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant - depicted on two wonderful cover ...