The painter Artemisia Gentileschi was rediscovered in the 1970s by pioneers of gender studies in art. A simple question arose: why are so few great masters women?

Did you know that the word digital comes from the Latin "digitalis" which means "the size of a finger"? We use it to talk about the digital world, because in the old days we used to count with our fingers! But what has this got to do with Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist?

In 2010, the Louvre Museum launched an appeal for donations to raise 1 million euros to buy a work by Cranach, which had previously been locked away in a private collection. The poor thing... Fortunately, many people responded to the appeal, so everything went well for her. Lucky her!

Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

Martyr usually meet grisly ends and Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

Goya died old, deaf and somewhat forgotten, but he was a pioneering artist of his time and a precursor to the artistic revolution of the 19t century.

From The Birth of Venus to sensual shampoo ads, it seems as if everyone has always been excited by the image of a wet woman... How weird is that?

Anyone can experience depression, but what are the causes? And how can we fight against it? Twist meets artists to find out.

Introverted and successful: artists show how being quiet can be a strength - on and off the stage.

Once the fad of Californian billionaires, the quest for longevity is now a global trend.