In a remarkable archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed what they believe to be a unique piece of human creativity — an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray. Initially mistaken for a ...

Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture. A Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus at the British Museum. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP via ...

A 12th century Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country — after new research found that the object had originally ...

A plaster cast of the Venus de Milo statue at the Wilcox Classical Museum at the University of Kansas. The museum, founded in 1888, is not well-known by many at KU's campus, but curator Philip Stinson ...

The Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., is one of two U.S. institutions to host the Torlonia Foundation’s exhibition “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” The ...

One of the world’s finest private collections of Greco-Roman antiquities is owned by the Torlonias, a wealthy Italian family. It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and ...

In recent decades, classical scholarship has shown that contrary to the gleaming white aspect they bear today, Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at ...

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is a North American stop for an exhibit featuring 58 Roman marble sculptures from the Torlonia Collection. Some museum visitors got an early look at the artworks ...

A major collection of early Greek figures and vessels takes up long-term residence in New York — a transformative event. By Roberta Smith New York City has added another jewel to its glittering ...

Following more than a decade of research and conservation, Sarasota, Florida’s Ringling Museum of Art will now display more than 200 works from its collection of ancient art for the first time. If you ...