COMMENTARY: ‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how ...

Caravaggio, the 17th-century Italian painter who mastered the play of dark atmospheres and light, was known for his impulsive, hot-tempered, and combative nature. His life was reportedly filled with ...

The Mexican American entertainer, who sparked controversy with her provocative style, received a tribute from the Mexican ...

In 1967, a team including Jean-Paul Sartre put the US ‘on trial’ for its actions in Vietnam. Clive Webb’s Vietdamned surveys their efforts ...

Romain Rolland, a French Nobel laureate and internationalist, wrote significant biographies of Indian spiritual leaders ...

Exciting news that Yale University Press will be publishing a new in-depth biography on Hans Holbein the Younger in November 2025. The volume has been produced by Elizabeth Goldring, who has published ...

Discourse crops up now and again about acceptable movie-watching etiquette: Is it OK to fast-forward through boring parts? Younger moviegoers even admit to watching slower movies at double speed ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

Could they share in a perfect, universal intellect? Throughout this lively and stylish intellectual biography, Wilson-Lee traces Pico’s investigation of this question. The experience is immersive: ...

Even years later – after Savonarola had been burned at the stake for heresy – Michelangelo claimed he could still ... As Edward Wilson-Lee argues in this stylish, erudite biography, it went to the ...

In this three-and-a-half-hour walk with an art historian, we will follow the career of Michelangelo, discussing his early years and career under the patronage of the Medici family while viewing key ...