1779–ca. 1826), India, Rajasthan state, Devgarh, 1823, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God. Drawing upon the fine-tuning argument, he suggests that the universe's ...

If one were to visit Thanjavur as a tourist, it would be remiss to not plan a trip to the neighboring Kumbakonam too. It is another temple town in Thanjavur district and is about 40 km away from ...

Dr Soon cited Mr Dirac's theory to explain his point about god's existence. Dr Willie Soon, an astrophysicist and aerospace engineer, who has worked for a long time at the Harvard and Smithsonian ...

Meet Marley, the painting penguin: After nearly two decades, she's finally getting recognition she deserves thanks to social media. NBC News’ George Solis introduces us to Marley, who’s taking ...

Lee, 47, was one of 10 artists assisting the abstract painter Julie Mehretu on a large-scale commission for the lobby of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that would lead to the creation of ...

A rare painting by the street artist Banksy, inspired by the recently deceased Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, sold for nearly 4.3 million pounds ($5.5 million) Tuesday, according to auction ...

He took up painting in the 1970s, working in an Impressionist style, but it was only in 1987 at the age of 36, after he left his wife, adopted his mother’s maiden name and began to emulate ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

Twenty-five years ago in Rome, a man lugged a painting in a rubbish bag up a flight of stairs and sold it for $5.5m. The painting was a lavish 17th-century still life by Jan Davidsz de Heem ...

The fantastic facial paintings, gaudy costumes and enriched theatrical elements bring larger crowds to the folk art form. A typical Theyyam performance is known as Kaliyaattam. The 2017 Malayalam ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...