It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

The influence of the Bauhaus movement can still be felt today, despite its time being cut short by the rise of the Nazis

How a wardrobe malfunction resulted in the creation of Youtube

Conductors can gesticulate wildly when they conduct an orchestra. But have you ever wondered what exactly they are doing with their hands? And why do they use a baton?

As good as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo or Botticelli, but for five hundred years the women artists of the Italian renaissance have lacked recognition. Linda Falcone, head of the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, is working to change that.

Highly respected theatres are programming gory productions that have more in common with slash horror films than traditional theatre.

Life is unfair. Some have perfect pitch while others can’t sing Happy Birthday in tune. Is musicality innate or cultural?

Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand takes photos without a camera. By using techniques from the early days of photography the artist’s works are entirely analogue and highly poetic.

Before the computer age, Letraset typefaces allowed anyone to make professional-looking graphics on the cheap. It soon became central to punk and the DIY fanzine scene.

Designer, singer, poet, stylist, Vava Dudu does pretty much everything. But having worked with Jean-Paul Gaultier and designed garments for Lady Gaga, why isn’t she more famous?