It is time to note that Remember Tenderness and The Jeweller of Night, the said two recent volumes which Kraftgriots and Mosuro Publishers, two Ibadan-based publishers, respectively issued, consist of ...

A book of verse, professedly written in the sonnet genre, may appear as restrictive and constraining as to its scope and expanse but like the Urdu ghazal may contain a kaleidoscope of subjects, ...

Since Renaissance humanism first made it acceptable—even imperative—for artists to draw attention to themselves, creative types have complied and produced many forms of what curator James Clifton ...

Matein Khalid V.S. Naipaul once said that ancestral memories are like“trap doors to a bottomless past”. This was my first thought when I ...

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender ...

Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

Louise Riggio is downsizing her Manhattan apartment, which means selling more than 30 works by artists including Mondrian, ...

Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu brings his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe ...

Woodlawn Cemetery is an unmissable landmark. Located at the end of the four-train, the Bronx cemetery, which began as a small plot in 1868.

Lisa Schiff became the country’s leading art consultant, and drew her clients close. Then she stole millions from them. Now facing up to 20 years in prison, is she ready to repent? By Sarah ...

It is both refreshing and jolting – albeit in a rather retro way – to find such a high-profile and energetic cheerleader for the Renaissance as the prolific Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones. In two ...

So, buckle up. We're about to meet ten typographic titans who've left an indelible mark on visual culture. These aren't just artists. They're magicians who transform the alphabet into pure visual ...