What would a social media feed be without monsters? I’m talking figurative monsters here; your racist uncles, your Trumps, your worst influencers – people so terrible you have to read everything they ...

WASHINGTON — The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book. Chet Van Duzer's "Sea ...

The three sections of the exhibition—”Terrors,” “Aliens” and “Wonders”—take on three ways the imagery of “the monstrous” has been used. “Terrors” shows how rulers appropriated the monster mystique to ...

Famous fiends like zombies, vampires, and werewolves are hallmarks of All Hallow's Eve. But how much do you know about why that is, and where those creatures come from? It’s an origin story that’s ...

While monsters today tend to play a one-dimensional role in our culture (such as the fantastically spooky or as antagonists in works of fiction), they were ubiquitous and multifunctional in the Middle ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Things really haven’t changed that much since the Middle Ages, have they? We’ve got plenty to fear in the 21st century, just like the artists and illuminators who created the ...

The Department of Art History and Art will host a lecture in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition “Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens. Wonders.” Sherry Lindquist and Asa Simon ...

Smithsonian's Sea Monsters Unearthed traveling exhibition begins national tour, sharing a missing chapter in Earth's history.