Installation view of ‘Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt’ featuring Michael Aschenbrenner’s ‘Damaged Bone Series’ (1990). Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt. The Met Fifth Avenue, through Jan. 25, 2026. Mr. Kelly is the Journal’s associate Arts in Review editor.

Was architecture really a non-factor in Byzantine art? A new book debunks conventional wisdom. Europe’s cathedrals, churches, monasteries, and baptisteries cover the countryside like Veronica ...

By the time the sun rose over Constantinople on May 29, 1453, the fate of the Byzantine Empire was sealed. The Turkish army, under the command of Sultan Mehmet II, had breached the famous Walls of ...

The most famous Byzantine icon shows the Virgin and Child and is supposedly painted from life by St Luke. A Vision of paradise. The Triumph of Orthodoxy icon is not a simple work of art.

The topic of discussion, "Early Christian Art", ... St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church, 8111 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, will host an Adult Catholic Education event from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...