There is an old story — old enough that Pliny the Elder recorded it in the first century AD. A young shepherd and a milkmaid fall in love. The problem is practical: he has to ...

Or: What medieval mystics understood about art that most people still miss Here's a question that might sound ridiculous at first: What do a 14th-century alchemist hunched over bubbling beakers and a contemporary curator ...

Why the art world's obsession with pricing formulas misses the point entirely I recently sat through yet another webinar promising to reveal "the secret formula" for pricing artwork. Width × height × experience factor ...