Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

Antonio Obá’s art invites you to pause, reflect, and confront. It’s a visceral investigation into the layers of Brazilian identity, one that navigates the nation's tangled legacy of colonialism, ...

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with so ...

Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi (1573-1610), better known as Caravaggio, left an indelible mark on the world of art—especially in Rome, which fortunately contains a large selection of his works.

A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New Orleans ...

Hidden beneath volcanic ash for nearly 2,000 years, a Roman estate near Naples has revealed breathtaking frescoes depicting ...

PITTFIELD, Wis. (WFRV) – The 19-year-old Pittfield man who threatened and shot a person who egged his house in May 2024 will ...

Michelangelo, the genius behind David and the Sistine Chapel, led a life filled with passion, a legendary rivalry with ...

It is a tapestry of historical research, photography, poetry, and fine art used to explore her family’s role in enslavement dating back to the late 1700s — from the captain of a slave trade ship in ...

By the 2nd century, Rome stopped conquering new territories while, at the same time, it fought to keep the ones in possession. The number of slaves enlisted to fight for Rome were dwindling, as Rome ...

50 CE at Hierapolis, in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). His name, in Greek, means the “Acquired One.” He spent his youth in Rome as a slave to Epaphroditus, a wealthy freedman and secretary to Emperor ...

The cargo ship was found laden with hundreds of Roman pottery jars, most of which are intact. The house, featuring erotic art and bronze statues, was the epitome of wealth in ancient times.