Europe’s tumultuous 20th century spawned a kaleidoscope of cutting-edge art. From Spain to Hungary, Glasgow to Oslo, we seek out all that’s wild, colorful, surreal, and just plain fun.

The origins of the Gothic aesthetic trace back to 12th-century Europe with the rise of Gothic architecture. Structures like ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the changes in the intellectual world of Western Europe in the 12th Century, and their origins. This was a time of Crusades, ... Arts and Ideas podcast.

Europe built more in the 19th century than in all previous centuries combined. But all this had a downside -- an increasingly machine-like pace of life. Artists, with their free spirits, pushed back.

For 40 years, a 12th-century walrus-ivory carving on loan to the V&A in London has captured the imagination of museum visitors. The name of its maker is lost in time, but the craftsmanship of the ...