From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and ...

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking ...

It's also home to Allegory of Inclination, painted by the pioneering 17th-Century female artist Artemisia Gentileschi - and there's more to her than meets the eye. BBC Click went to find out more.

Following an 18-month conservation and research project at the Yale Center for British Art, an enigmatic double portrait that drew a dramatic competition at auction in 2021 is going on display at its ...

The Prime Minister has removed a portrait of William Shakespeare from No 10, the latest occasion of a painting of a great ...

This engraving is the only known portrait of Pocahontas rendered ... Altogether, she seems closer to an 18th-century European ideal of beauty than a 17th-century Powhatan Indian.

Nur Jahan was the only female ruler in the Mughal dynasty Empress Nur Jahan was the most powerful woman in 17th Century India ... And he painted an admiring portrait of her - as a sensitive ...

Believe it or not, one day an American could be Queen of England. It’s a long shot but depending on the circumstances of life ...

The exhibit features documentation and artwork, including a couple portraits made by Rembrandt ... consistent with the anatomy of female elephants from Asia. Rembrandt’s departure from received ...

Another well-known example of a play centered on a lying protagonist is Molière’s Tartuffe, written around the same time as ...

Korean American filmmaker Sue Kim was only 8 when she first encountered Jeju Island’s centuries-old legends — Korea’s first ...

The transformative art exhibit "We Will Tell Our Story" is curated and created by Native people, and highlights the past, ...