Russian lacquerware developed in rural villages and formed a legacy of artists adapting local traditions to a new ...

NEW HOPE, N.Y.—“If you sing the perfect note right in the center stage, the person at the back ...

“This unique and primal music form has clung to me. Like the clinging of my mother's love, it ...

“A choir's role in the Anglican church and the church of England is to elevate the worship,” Grammy-Award-winning ...

During quarantine, I’ve found online exhibitions to be particularly inspirational. Classical culture continues to remind me that history ...

A sculptor told me recently that Sir Roger Scruton’s documentary “Why Beauty Matters” had a profound effect on ...

The pine and elm staircase winds upward as solid and grand as it is ornate. Under the handrail, ...

“The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.” —Plato Plato’s words continue to echo ...

Like the paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance, the era’s books and their artisanal bindings uplifted man to ...

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” “[That platitude] can be a copout, avoiding the effort you need ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven penned his manuscripts, he transformed black ink and white paper into something beyond the ...

The 26-year-old tailor now dresses exclusively from the mid-18th-century to early 19th-century Georgian and Regency eras.

On Christmas-day in seventy-six, Our ragged troops with bayonets fixed, For Trenton marched away. The Delaware see! the ...

A couple of years ago in Vancouver, Canada, I was working with Mathias Magnason, an award-winning Swedish director ...

Lent, the 40-day period before Easter where Christians pray, fast, and abstain from common pleasures, sounds somewhat like ...

MOUNT HOPE, New York—Katy Mantyk is a special soul.  The first time I heard her play was at ...

This Wednesday, May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day. It’s a special day, especially for me. I probably ...

As 100 million Americans gear up to watch the Super Bowl this weekend on TV, a horrific black ...

NEW YORK—The New Year is synonymous with new beginnings, resolutions, and growth. You look to your past to ...

NEW YORK—This time of year always reminds me of the divine. With Christ’s birthday being at the center ...

NEW YORK—I recently visited The Metropolitan Museum’s ongoing exhibition “In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces.”  As I was just about to leave, ...

NEW YORK—Classical art is not about history—it’s about today. Its transformative power can uplift us, and touch our ...

 NEW YORK—Sweet acoustic melodies floated out of The Met's Robert Lehman Wing court as I peered down from ...

It’s amazing how good music can lift your mood. On May 10, the string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed ...

With Sartoria Vestrucci, Tommaso Melani isn’t only preserving his Florentine heritage, he’s protecting traditional artisanship and couture as ...

I’m one of these people who doesn’t hear the lyrics when I first listen to music. It’s the ...

NEW YORK—I’m glad I had the chance to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “The World Between ...