David Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well....

Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan...

When was art's first kiss? Who painted the first ever smile and the first self-portrait? When did Western art first depict a...

In Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human...

A concise and accessible pocket guide to the forces that have shaped world art.

- Provides a compelling look at the ideas that...

In the 1950s the space race between the USA and the USSR was well and truly on, and was for both a matter of pride and...