For fans of classical music and opera, this summer’s festivals offer some of the best excuses for a short luxury break.

Like a modern Grand Tour, the John Hall Venice course promises to open (wealthy) young minds to Italy’s artistic treasures ...

The Master of the King’s or Queen’s Music is a post in the Royal Household, similar to that of Poet Laureate, granted to an outstanding musician. It is generally expected that the holder of the post ...

As Venkateswara Rao plucks the string of the piano with steady hands and pristine hearing, one would hardly imagine he is 90.

Given the maelstrom of disinformation and growing tension on the world stage, this year’s 2025 International Festival theme ...

Created as a hub for Asian art, the fair is succeeding at drawing more galleries and works from India and other parts of Asia ...

Sir Grayson Perry has said he went on The Masked Singer to see what shocks the “unshockable” art world. The 64-year-old, best known for his pottery creations, said appearing on the show as ...

The 70-year mystery surrounding the theft of an original oil sketch by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck from a ...