THE LOST LEONARDO is the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million. From the moment the painting is bought for $1175 at a shady New Orleans auction house, and the restorer discovers masterful Renaissance brush strokes under the heavy varnish of it

Despite ramped-up security efforts in anticipation of the 2014 Winter Olympics, concerns persist over terrorist threats facing the games. CFR Distinguished Visiting Fellow Raymond W. Kelly highlights three things to know about the threats and response preparedness in Sochi:
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Beloved Evita Peron died tragically at the age of 33 of cancer complications after serving for six years as the first lady of Argentina and been nominated as Vice President.She died before the election took place. She worked on behalf of the poor people of Argentina and she defended the rights of w...

Radford, a Canadian skater who won a gold medal and a bronze at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, and Funero, a Spanish ice dancing national champion, got engaged in June 2017 when the former popped the question. Here come the grooms! Figure skaters Eric Radford and Luis Funero tied the knot la...

The surrealistic nightmares of 15th-century painter Hieronymus Bosch continue to resonate with us. But do these scenes of Heaven and Hell emerge purely from the artist’s imagination and culture, or did he have a little help from a psychedelic friend?

At least 35 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, pansexual and non-binary athletes will be in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, double the amount who competed in 2018, including the largest share of men. The athletes are competing in nine different sports from Feb. 4-20...

Preparing for the Olympics is no laughing matter. As one commenter points out, it’s a full-time job. Thorpe, 22, has been openly gay in the sport since he was 18 and has confronted stereotypes in gymnastics. His day starts at 9:00 a.m., with conditioning and rehab. Then it’s over to the mat for two

When you think of a professional dancer, what is the first image to enter your mind? For many, this question will conjure a picture of a female ballerina; however, men face vastly different challenges and rewards to females in the industry, from mastering distinctly challenging steps, to managing ...

In this special episode of our "Male Ballet Dancers" series we introduce Mathieu Ganio & Stéphane Bullion dancing at the Opera Gernier in Paris. The two male performance represents a dance for liberte and equality where two same sex dancers perform together.

Picasso's final works were a mixture of styles, his means of expression in constant flux until the end of his life. Devoting his full energies to his work, Picasso became more daring, his works more colorful and expressive, and from 1968 to 1971 he produced a torrent of paintings and hundreds of cop...