Quentin Massys, "Ill-Matched Lovers" (c. 1520–25), oil on panel (image public domain/CC0 via the National Gallery of Art) The years before Michelangelo’s death were some of his most productive and ...

In an excerpt from his Mellon Lectures, art historian Wu Hung explains how Enlightenment ideas underpin—and complicate—the long history of Chinese art. A view of the terracotta army in the mausoleum ...

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces not seen by the public in ...

For centuries, it represented the apex of civilisation. Today, our admiration has been replaced by shame Alastair Sooke has been covering art for The Telegraph since 2003. He has presented more than ...

Jacques Philippe Le Bas after François Boucher, “Pensent-ils au raisin? (Are They Thinking about the Grapes?)” (18th century) (the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, all images courtesy Princeton ...

When thinking about Indianapolis, images of snow-capped mountains, buffalo and cowboys most likely don’t jump to mind. That’s exactly what you’ll find there, however, the weekend of September 7 during ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Conquering the West has always started with staking a claim, marking territory and squatting emphatically so that no one doubts ownership. It’s an act ...