I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

At the Louvre, a series of Arcimboldo paintings ... when artists including Leonardo da Vinci—Arcimboldo’s predecessor in Milan—pursued natural studies. Arcimboldo’s composites suggest ...

“Louvre Abu Dhabi has an important role to play in opening people’s eyes to different perspectives on art, religion, culture,” he says. Statuette of a Bactrian princess on display in "The ...