As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries to come. None of these Sienese artists survived the Black Death.

Mary’s Cathedral on June 27 as a part of ... signed a petition protesting what they saw as a “homoerotic” painting of Jesus commissioned to celebrate Easter in the Spanish city of Seville.

JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like ... Although the priest initially wanted to cover the painting up, tourists flocked to the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja to see ...