Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs no introduction. It’s a deceptively simple work of art—a seemingly straightforward portrait of an old farmer and his daughter, pictured in ...

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On the long list of artists to suffer the fatal derision of Nazi Germany was one of Germany’s greatest sculptors, Ernst Barlach. He died in 1938, shunned by his townspeople, condemned (falsely) as a ...

"I've always wanted to open a European Edgar Allan Poe café," said Shirley Calogero, owner of Raven's Bakehouse in New ...

In this three-part series, Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back at 19th century Britain and its obsession with all things Gothic. The series explores how an inspired group of architects and artists spurned ...

While the word Gothic once specifically referred to the cultural impact of the Goths who hailed from Northern Europe, it has evolved to encompass a different kind of subculture that keeps the Goths' ...