A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former speaker of the House ...

The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...

Ming, one of the most celebrated painters of our time, renowned for his raw, expressive portraits that capture the weight of history and human experience, has been selected to inaugurate the space.

A previously unknown painting by Pablo Picasso has emerged from the shadows of history, hidden beneath a Blue Period ...

Advanced digital imaging reveals a portrait of an unknown man beneath "Ecce Homo," an oil painting by renowned Renaissance ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since he was elected in 2013. Francis, who was diagnosed with ...

The heart of St. Roque lay in the display case in front of me. It still held the power of life and evangelization, announcing ...

Well, Oscar Wilde did moot that life imitates art, rather than the other way round. So it seems only fitting that two years ...

ROME — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since being elected in 2013, after he was diagnosed with ...

X-ray and infrared imaging has revealed a long-hidden painting beneath "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto," providing ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

A Luxembourg museum has scooped three portraits by 18th century painter Monique Daniche, featuring the elite of Strasbourg ...