Coupled with its theme of love, Rossetti’s ‘The Loving Cup’ exemplifies the best of Pre-Raphaelite art.

Bridges became known for her meticulous watercolors of native flora and fauna.

‘Visions of the West: The William I. Koch Collection’ will be on auction through Christie’s on Jan. 20.

Sacred and high art can sometimes feel distant or underwhelming to modern viewers. Perhaps their limitations are intentional.

The ‘7th NTD International Figure Painting Competition Finalist Exhibition’ opens on Jan. 20 at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.

John William Waterhouse emotive canvases illustrate the feminine mystery of Shakespeare’s heroine in ‘The Tempest.’

The restoration work on the Sistine Chapel, revealed not only hidden hues about the frescoes but also about the man behind the masterpiece.

In this series, ‘Beautiful Arias,’ we are introduced to the first song in Alessandro Parisotti’s collection of Italian music.

Shen Yun dancer Kathy Wu performs in the hopes of preventing deaths like her grandmother endured.

This instalment of ‘Movies for Young Adults’ puts fathers and sons in the foreground.

French film aficionados and Foster fans may find the film fascinating due to France-in-the-fall feelings and Foster’s fine French, but I found it far from fun.

Building a railroad in the Old West causes problems for bank robbers.

The ‘NTD International Photography Competition Finalist Exhibition’ showcases age-old aesthetics at the Salmagundi Club.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a Renaissance Revival bathhouse in Arkansas’s Bathhouse Row.

The Homestead hotel in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains opened a decade before the Revolutionary War.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a 16th-century former seminary turned resort in an ancient Incan city.

In this installment of ‘Return to Beautiful Architecture,’ we visit the architectural jewel of Germany that came back to life after the destruction of WWII.

Talking animals and candid takeaways turned Aesop into one of the most popular storytellers in history.

Gold award recipients said the competition was a chance to grow, connect with audiences and carry on a tradition rooted in 5,000 years of Chinese culture.

The competition is part of a series of events hosted by NTD in support of traditional culture.

The classical Chinese dance competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD aimed at promoting traditional culture.

Alexander Borodin’s musical avocation produced themes that still echo from concert halls to Broadway.

The rhythmic Polish mazurka was one of Chopin’s most famous forms of music.

Before his latest run of shows commences, the country artist reflects on his favorite past tour memories.

With Hungarian composer Eduard Remenyi playing an early role in his musical rise, the German Brahms’s ‘Hungarian Dances’ is put under the spotlight.

The country singer had doubts about recording the magnetic single ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’

One of the most popular operas of all time was reimagined in a shorter format by Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate.

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ presents the dichotomy of good and evil through the vocal ranges of its main characters.

In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we look at the Doctors Mayo and a nun who created one of the world’s great medical institutions.

In ‘This Week in History,’ the advent of wireless technology transformed global communication, and helped prevent a terrible maritime disaster.

Charles Goodyear’s long struggle to stabilize rubber reshaped modern industry, though it left him deeply in debt.

American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.

The ‘Conway Cabal’ was an underhanded attempt to discredit and disempower the man who became the first president of the United States.

While he didn’t roam the Midwest with a pot on his head, John Chapman made history as a shrewd frontiersman with an eye for helping settlers.

As parents struggle to find ways to get their child’s reading up to speed, read-alouds may be key to fostering a child’s love for the printed text.

In “Miriam’s Lover,” L.M. Montgomery imagines a love that communicates beyond words, distance, and the physical world.

As we settle into 2026, a host of new books will help children ring in another year.