The late sculptor Randy Morrison considered “Venus Dreaming” to be his masterpiece. Her pose is unusual. The life-size, nude woman is held aloft by her long, luxurious hair, which drapes to the earth ...

The hushed voices of visitors to Avery Court at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford now have a new backdrop: the playful splashing of water. The fountain at the foot of the Italian ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - Fly Trap Trail in Carolina Beach State Park is home to a lot of bugs and plants. But the big draw for neighbors and visitors is the Venus flytraps. It’s a plant that ...

In a rare meeting between the classical and the contemporary, Gagosian’s Paris gallery has staged a show pairing an ancient Roman sculpture with work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sculpture of the ...

SAN SIMEON, Calif. (CN) — After French emperor Napolean Bonaparte stole an ancient Venus statue from Italy in 1802, a sculptor named Antonio Canova was commissioned to create a replacement. Renowned ...

Whatever the many functions of these Venus statues represent, their aesthetic technition is undeniably evident. Whether autoletic, symbolic, metaphoric, erotic, fetishistic, religious, or shamanistic, ...

The 445-year-old marble has journeyed far, lost fingers and been buried. Now, with help from TEFAF, the goddess of love has been restored to glory. By Ted Loos Reporting from Hartford, Conn. It was ...

Scattered across the archeological sites of the Eurasian continent, hundreds of female-shaped statues have resurfaced, dating back to more than 40,000 years ago. Colloquially known as “Venus” statues, ...