Review by Dan Hofstadter Read the review The restrictions and costs of professional licensing don’t apply only to doctors and lawyers. Hairdressers, decorators and others must deal with them too.

How patrons of the arts became plutocrats aboard yachts. I n the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have ...

One of the most written-about Renaissance artists, da Vinci may also be among the most poorly understood.

Truly, the tale of a lost (!) da Vinci (!!) falls somewhere between “The Goldfinch” and Dan Brown. I mean, for God’s sake, it involves a Latin clue written into another painting; I was done with Doyle ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...