We admit Baroque art bores us stiff. How many different ways can you fresco Jesus before he starts to look like wallpaper? So we’re happy to report on the doings of Quayola, a contemporary British ...

In the wake of the Council of Trent, as the Church of the Counter-Reformation era was striving to shape new cultural movements able to massively revive popular faith, the city of Rome was turned into ...

The Soprano, oil on canvas, by Bernardo Cavallino. Provided to China Daily Fans of Baroque art, once derided as eccentric and a sad end to the glory of Renaissance art that preceded it, have a treat ...

According to the international exhibition Minimal Baroque, contemporary art has locked Minimalism and maximalism in a lusty embrace. Moreover, the show claims this antithetical premise to be a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Ascending to the throne of England after years in political ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum has been on a bit of a roll lately, bringing art here that normally would require great expense and travel to view outside the confines of our humble city. On the heels of ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It's one of those words – baroque. It's like "surreal", an art label that came unstuck from its original situation, and acquired a ...