Cold, remote and short of women: A portrait of life on the Faroe Islands

Written by Oscar Holland, CNN In her striking images of the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago…

Scientists confirm long held theory about what inspired Monet

Written by Jacopo Prisco, CNN In a letter to his wife in March 1901, pioneering French…

From Singapore to Seoul, Asia’s rising art capitals vie for Hong Kong’s crown

Written by Oscar Holland, CNNSingapore and Seoul, South Korea Having faced some of the world’s strictest…

Was Leonardo da Vinci’s mother a slave? An Italian professor believes so

Written by By Barbie Latza NadeauLianne Kolirin, CNN Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was a slave trafficked…

‘The Ugly Duchess:’ How an unsettling Renaissance portrait challenges ideas of aging women and beauty

Written by Marianna Cerini, CNN The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys…

Major museums around the world are quietly recategorizing works from Russian to Ukrainian

Written by Tim Lister, CNN The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has quietly reclassified…

Why a wildlife photographer took 40,000 photos to capture these extraordinary birds

Written by Rebecca Cairns, CNN Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting…

What ‘Everything Everywhere’ has taught us about racism and representation in Hollywood

This feature is part of CNN Style’s series Hyphenated, which explores the complex issue of identity…

Archaeologists uncover sphinx-like statue and shrine in Egypt

Written by Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt — but…

Kandinsky painting recovered by Holocaust victims’ heirs sets auction record at nearly $45 million

Written by Hafsa Khalil, CNNLondon A painting by Russian Modernist Wassily Kandinsky that once belonged to…