Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898), better known as Princess Sisi, became an icon of the Habsburg Empire when, at just 16 years old, she wed her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph, and ...

A centerpiece of the jewelry collection is the 137-carat Florentine Diamond, a celebrated gem whose disappearance led to ...

The portrait is a six-foot-tall work of art by the Austrian painter, created between 1914 and 1916. It depicts Lederer, the daughter of one of Klimt’s patrons, wearing a Chinese robe. The auction saw ...

Hidden for decades from public view, the artist's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has now sold at auction for a record sum. Why is it so valuable? A mysterious and relatively little-known painting by ...

A painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust has become the most expensive piece of modern art and the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The ...

When it comes to televised "junk food," a lot of people point to reality TV as their guilty pleasure. But my guilty pleasures are Chinese historical dramas — called C-dramas by those who enjoy them — ...

When the sinking of the White Ship decimated England’s line of succession and threw the kingdom into chaos in 1120, one teenage girl was the only heir to the British throne left standing. Even with ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt's “Portrait of Elisabeth ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: A World War I-era painting by Austrian master Gustav Klimt has sold for $US236.4 million ...

Austria’s nearly three-decade wait to return to the World Cup is over, as Ralf Rangnick’s Burschen sealed a place in the 2026 World Cup. It wasn’t easy, as the Austrians were taken to the limit at ...