Art
Making a Cemetery Statue That Looks 100 Years Old
Transform a foam wig head into a stone cemetery statue for your Halloween haunt! In this step-by-step DIY prop tutorial, learn how to build a realistic cemetery bust using fabric draping, Monster Mud, and simple painting techniques.
Cracking the Code: The Secret Rebus Puzzle on a 400-Year-Old Colombian Cabinet
Conservators at the Victoria and Albert Museum explore the elaborate mopa mopa resin techniques used to decorate a 17th-century Colombian cabinet. Through meticulous cleaning and restoration, they uncover hidden illustrations and linguistic puzzles beneat...
How Traditional Uzbek Embroidery Is Telling Women’s Stories Today
Meet visual artist Aziza Kadyri, who is bringing together traditional Uzbek suzani embroidery and artificial intelligence.
Raiders of the Lost Art Season 1: Complete Episode Guide
Explore all six episodes of Raiders of the Lost Art Season 1, uncovering stolen masterpieces, missing treasures and mysteries from art history.
Unboxing Tarot Decks Through the Ages (Ancient Rare Historical and Modern Tarot Cards)
Unbox six historic tarot card decks with curators Ruth, Beckie and Josephine and explore the rich and mysterious history of tarot — from its origins in 15th-century Europe to its modern use in spiritual practices.
The Arnolfini Portrait (1434)
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck has baffled art historians ever since it was painted in 1434. It has been dissected and analysed, maybe more than any other painting in history, and in the process, become even more mysterious.
A Secret Hidden for 250 Years: Inside the Mystery of a Rare Gold Cabinet
For more than 250 years, this extraordinary gold-mounted stone cabinet has concealed a remarkable secret.
Man at His Bath (1884): Gustave Caillebotte’s Bold Masterpiece
Explore Gustave Caillebotte’s Man at His Bath (1884), a groundbreaking painting that challenged artistic conventions with its intimate realism.
Salvador Dalí's Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus): Faith Meets the Fourth Dimension
Explore Salvador Dalí's 1954 masterpiece Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus), where religion, mathematics, and surrealism converge.
Why Does The World’s Most Famous Sculpture Have HORNS
For over 500 years, people have stood in front of Michelangelo's Moses and gotten it completely wrong — the angle, the expression, the horns, even what scene it's depicting. This is the real story behind one of the most misread sculptures in history.
This Sculpture Shouldn't Be Physically Possible
Francesco Queirolo achieved the impossible by carving an intricate fishing net from a single block of marble for the Capella Sansevero. This exploration examines the immense technical challenges of such a feat and the complex symbolic layers encoded withi...
The Dark Secrets Behind The Metropolitan Museum Of Art's Most Famous Exhibits
Go behind the scenes at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to uncover the dark, hidden histories of world-famous artifacts.
The Farnese Collection
Magnificent marbles from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, collected by one of the most notorious popes, Paul III aka Alessandro Farnese: among them, the head of emperor Caracalla, the dramatic “Farnese Bull”, the “Farnese Atlas”, and the Tazza Farnese.
The Sculpture That SHOCKED the Catholic Church for 400 Years
Discover the controversy behind Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, the stunning Baroque sculpture that shocked viewers inside a Roman church.
Nobody Noticed What Was Hiding At The Bottom Of This Sculpture For 400 Years
Explore Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Pluto and Proserpina, the dramatic Baroque sculpture capturing motion, emotion, and mythological power in marble.
The Sculpture That Killed Its Creator...
Auguste Rodin’s The Gates of Hell is a monumental bronze portal teeming with over 200 tormented, writhing figures. Commissioned in 1880 for a museum that was never built, the chaotic masterpiece became a 37-year obsession that served as a psychological ba...
