Tens of thousands of BBC Radio 2 listeners voted for their favourite Eurovision tracks of the past 25 years, with Sam Ryder’s “Spaceman” being crowned the very best. Sam Ryder came in second place ...

A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 ...

In a sleepy German town, a major new museum has opened. For its master architect and his patron, the project is more than a ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is a dysfunctional relic plagued by fires, breakdowns, and endless refit ...

She once conceded that it was not "love of art but voracity ... traditionally Russian. They left monuments: palace after palace, including the grandest of them all, the 18th-century Baroque ...

The article presents 19th-century photographic tableaux as early forms of social media – visual tools for connection, status, ...

The Pikachu stunt mirrors historical uses of absurdity in protest, from Pussy Riot’s punk performances in Russia to the meme-driven activism ... The Istanbul protests exemplify 21st-century resistance ...

In a circular glass landmark by SANAA, Kanazawa’s contemporary art museum is quietly growing its collection. Photo: WATANABE Osamu, courtesy of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art ...