For more than 1,000 years, the dried root of the white peony has been used in ancient Chinese medicine. It’s traditionally used to treat various ailments, including mental health disorders ...

It has long been known that painting the roof of a building white reflects sunlight and reduces its temperature. But by how much and are there downsides to doing it? In a recent BBC interview ...

Scientists in the US have developed a paint significantly "whiter than the whitest paint currently available". Tests carried out by researchers at Purdue University on their "ultra-white" paint ...

If you have oak stained cabinets in your home and are looking to change up the look of the space, painting them white has ...

The Rolls-Royce Spectre Lunaflair is a one-off commission with a dazzling paint job. Rolls-Royce says the Lunaflair's ...

A painting discovered by a junk dealer in the basement of an Italian villa six decades ago is actually the work of Pablo Picasso and could sell for millions, according to experts. Luigi Lo Rosso ...

and five portraits of white sitters (including Interior at Paddington by Lucian Freud, 1951). Their task was to say how much pleasure they experienced when looking at each painting. We also ...

By Holland Cotter Lisa Schiff acknowledges stealing millions from major collectors who trusted her to buy them fashionable art. By Sarah Maslin Nir His Brutalist buildings, praised during the ...

I wanted to paint something that showed her strength and resolve. Complimenting her power with a soft palette and the delicate details of the Peony Rose to reflect the contradictions that exist ...

‘I just started painting and painting and painting and painting,’ says Tracey Emin, who has spent the last few years exploring the medium in a series of works now exhibiting at White Cube Bermondsey ...

It makes things look expensive,” Vér says. “This is a builder-grade home, but now it seems custom built.” Though the ...