Flandes, un lugar único en la historia del ar...

El consumo excesivo de ginebra a inicios del siglo XVIII provocó graves problemas sociales y de salud en Londres. 

En 1853, el británico Richard Burton se disfrazó de derviche afgano para unirse a los peregrinos a La Meca y cumplir su sueño de visitar los lugares santos del islam. 

Swiss painter Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was the man behind one of art history’s most famous spooky paintings: ‘The Nightmare.’ But how much do you actually know about this dream-fuelled Gothic image? Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare (1781). Oil on Canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Mic ...  Show more

The Census at Bethlehem is an oil-on-panel by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1566. Listen to this holiday short for a quick look into one of the greatest Christmas paintings ever created. 

In 1966, a Russian painter and archaeologist, Igor Savitsky, created a museum in the remote desert of Uzbekistan, where he stored tens of thousands of works of art that he had saved from Stalin's censors. The Savitsky museum, in Nukus, is now recognised as one of the greatest col ...  Show more

World-renowned street artist Banksy started spray-painting the walls of his home city of Bristol in the 1990s. It is widely believed that his first large mural was a piece called Mild, Mild West painted on a wall next to a record shop. Jim Paine owned the shop and has been tellin ...  Show more