The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

A lot can change in four decades. In its comprehensive renovation of the relatively young Renaud-Barrault Library in Avignon, ...

A recent United States sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged drug ring from Lithuania, purportedly headed by a ...