On March 10, 1914, a woman entered the National Gallery in London, strode up to Diego Velázquez’s Venus at her Toilet, (ca. 1647–51) and began hacking at the masterpiece with a meat cleaver. The woman ...

The goddess perches upon a giant scallop shell, pale green waves lapping around her. Her long golden hair rustles in the wind as she is blown to shore upon her seashell vessel. She is nude, her body ...

The Lonely Palette podcast brings art history to everyone. Host Tamar Avishai interviews museum visitors about famous paintings. An episode focuses on Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. This ...

LONDON — Two climate change activists were arrested on Monday after they smashed glass protecting a Diego Velázquez oil painting at London’s National Gallery, authorities said. The two Just Stop Oil ...

Botticelli’s iconic painting reshaped Renaissance art through its celebration of classical mythology and beauty. This episode ...

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Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the "Birth Of Venus" by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red ...

“The Toilet of Venus” bears a surprising number of battle scars for a painting. On Nov. 6, the London National Gallery’s famous painting suffered its second attack from social activists. The first ...

NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Botticelli as a clam shell. Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran ...