The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

Media and Sport The UK government has placed an export bar on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m. The work, The Virgin and Child Enthroned (1470s), was sold at ...

A BBC documentary suggesting that the Virgin Mary was raped by a Roman soldier has provoked a deluge of complaints and been censured by the Vatican. More than 500 viewers called to protest about ...

I pray thee, therefore, most loving Mother, who art the Seat of Wisdom, to bless my labors in thy loving-kindness. Moreover I promise with true affection and a willing spirit, as it is right that ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Cameron Art Museum (CAM) is offering its free pre-literacy program for young children, Mary’s Art Explorers, for the summer. Mary’s Art Explorers will be offered to children ...

Authorities in Peru are searching for a suspect after the image of a penis was spray-painted onto a wall of Chan Chan, a pre-Columbian city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On May ...

“Graffiti isn’t art. The City has a policy to remove it, and it spends a lot of money on it. We shouldn’t tolerate it, and it’s my view this initiative will likely encourage more graffit ...

The Virgin and Child Enthroned is an early work ... The smaller painting focuses only on the central figures of Mary and Jesus, and was probably intended for private worship.