To the sharp eye of seasoned art or antique collector, an old rug or toy that is about to be thrown away can fetch a hundred thousand pounds or even a million dollars. So, before you throw away that ...

Ilya Repin was one of the greatest Realist painters of the Russian Empire. Born in present-day Ukraine, he traveled ...

The artist called the eight-foot-tall painting of Jesus on the cross one of his "very best." The New Yorker called it “his ...