Contemplating artistic beauty in museums can enhance abstract thinking and help people mentally step back from daily concerns ...

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

In collaboration with Hirox, The Mauritshuis has documented "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (1665) in unprecedented detail.