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Medieval Art

Jewish Medieval Treasures Hidden for Centuries Will Go on View at the Cloisters

The Colmar Treasure was deliberately hidden so it wouldn't be destroyed by those who wished to exterminate a medieval Jewish community.
By Helen Holmes
The Taming the Tarasque, from Hours of Henry VIII, France, Tours, ca. 1500.

Medieval Men and Women Were a Lot Like Us, Their Made-Up Monsters Show

We've always enjoyed a good mythical creature, whether drawn, painted, or CGI-ed.
By Angelica Frey
A sheela na gig at Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire, England.

Now There’s a Searchable Map For Ireland’s Mystifying Vaginal Sculptures

While experts still don't know the significance of the sheela-na-gig, an interactive map let's people locate the raunchy art across Ireland.
By Alanna Martinez
Brian Andrew Whiteley, Trump Tombstone.

Donald Trump’s Tombstone Back on Display, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
Kris Martin, Altar, 2014. Part of Panorama, a High Line Commission. On view April 2015 – March 2016. (Photo: Timothy Schenck/Courtesy Friends of the High Line)

The Most Frequently Stolen Artwork in History Is…On the High Line?

By Noah Charney
The Mother of Dragons, depicted by an unknown illuminator, about 1240 - 1250. (Photo: J. Paul Getty Museum)

The Getty Museum is Recapping ‘Game of Thrones’ Episodes With Medieval Art

By Alanna Martinez
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