Catherine de' Medici arrived in France in 1533 as a 14-year-old bride, bringing with her an entourage that included chefs, artists, and a personal perfumer named Renato Bianco. The Italian noblewoman ...

When librarians from the University of Sydney found a sketch and an inscription in the back of a 1497 copy of Dante's Divine ...

The Renaissance genius points out that starting projects is only the first step. Sustained dedication is what turns a plan ...

A small town has been crowned the world's most welcoming city in the world, boasting Renaissance architecture and world-famous wine ...

Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Artemisia Gentileschi and a major Italian acquisition drove another record week for Old Masters.

This is part of Slate’s 2026 Olympics coverage. Read more here. After the doping scandal at the center of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, I wrote that if skating could not find a way ...

The expression is, ‘handed to you on a silver plate’; but a recent breakthrough came to me on a painted ceramic one.

The performance in Milan looked squarely at the past, both in substance and in style.

Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics faced disappointment as access to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was closed for three and a half days. The painting, located in Santa Maria delle ...

The unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Milan Cortina Winter Games have officially been declared open at the conclusion of ...

New data has revealed where in the world has been deemed the most welcoming — and topping the list a sleepy Italian ...