This city known primarily for its monumental historic sites harbors a surprisingly dynamic contemporary art scene where ...

Five “reimagined” galleries have now opened at the MFA and expand the display of the museum’s impressive collection of art from the ancient world. WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz shares his ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

Transitioning to the art of ancient Greece, we are greeted by a civilization that celebrated beauty, harmony, and the human form. The Parthenon, the Venus de Milo, and the Discus Thrower are just ...

This reaction summarizes the way Bakst, a set and costume designer for the Ballets Russes, viewed ancient art of “The Orient,” which, to him, spanned from the far east to Ancient Greece.

It is heavily worn and damaged, but may have been left that way even in ancient times simply because of its raw, elemental connection to a favored age of ancient Greek art.

The Cleveland museum’s collection of ancient Greek and Roman art, with more than 500 objects, is considerably smaller than those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine ...

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented ...

Greek tragedies are often about eminent families, the better to explore the combustible mix of familial conflict and political struggle. These two plays, among the best known ancient dramas, have ...