Appearing on stamps, merchandise and plush toys, the diminutive jadeite carving is so popular it occupies its own room at ...

Beauty is power. This is perhaps why it has played such an important role in culture and society since the beginning of time.

Frida Kahlo’s face is one of the best known in art, thanks to her bold and challenging self-portraits. A lesser-seen self-depiction by the Mexican artist is going up for auction at ...

Thornton Mary—who was better known for his stately Beaux-Arts style—the building today serves as the home of the South ...

On Sept. 15, 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan walked through the bombed-out ruins of a German camp near Flirey, France. There, he found a kennel that housed military working dogs meant for the German army.

These three female folk artists changed the genre in very important ways, and their stories couldn't be more different than one another.

Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he penned some of the greatest blues songs of the century, delivering hits to Muddy ...

Eighty years ago today, an award-winning singer/songwriter who began her career as an English teacher was born in North Carolina.