The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

In June, our art critic toured seven art museums from Detroit to Kansas City. National turmoil crept into the frame.

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a ...

ART OF THE 12TH CENTURY — At left, Connie Cunningham, left, participated in Saturday’s Suminagashi Japanese Marbling Workshop at the Historic Fort Steuben Visitor Center. The workshop, offered by the ...

ART OF THE 12TH CENTURY — At left, Connie Cunningham, left, participated in Saturday’s Suminagashi Japanese Marbling Workshop at the Historic Fort Steuben Visitor Center.

The Art Institute has repatriated other objects in recent months. Last summer, the museum announced that it would be returning a 12-century fragment of a pilaster to Thailand.

On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...

As part of continuous and ongoing research into the provenance of its collection, the Art Institute discovered new details about the sculpture’s history and shared this information with the Embassy of ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Monday that it is returning sculpture after new research found that the object had been stolen. 12th-century 'Buddha Sheltered by Serpent King' returns to ...

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 ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday that it is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal. The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King ...

Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style. “There were other buildings that ...