A painting that had hung on the wall since 1971 turned out to be the work of a famous artist, which was recently auctioned for a tidy sum.
Some of the world’s most famous works of art are hiding interesting details that you might not have noticed.
In Indonesia, a scooter is more than just a mode of transport. It’s a lifestyle, a creative outlet, and a form of self-expression.
African superheroes reigned supreme at this year’s Comic Con Africa, which celebrated all things sci-fi, fantasy and comic related.
Few tales are as strange as that of Barbara Newhall Follett, whose life would go on to imitate the fiction that she first wrote when she was just nine.
At the Shaolin Temple in China, a Buddhist warrior monk must tackle a test that will ultimately change the course of his life forever.
Justin Nurse is the founder of Laugh It Off, South Africa’s first and finest satirical t-shirt company, and a long-time 2oceansviber. Here are some of his recent thoughts.
It appears that Home Affairs officials all over the country don’t believe that women have a right to keep their birth surnames when they get married.
Curator Jon Feinstein put together a collection of images capturing deep space fantasies and imaginaries.
An indigenous media group has shared rare footage of a member of the Awá people, in order to raise awareness about the effects of deforestation.
Back in the 1990s, they got away with some stuff in advertising that would never fly today. Here are a few of the more famous adverts from the decade.
There are 36 nominees competing for a spot on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list, and all of them are quite spectacular.
Even Simon Cowell was blown away by the Ndlovu Youth Choir’s audition for ‘America’s Got Talent’. It’s pretty damn touching.
Out of thousands of entries, these beautiful pics came out on top in the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year competition.
Since buying ‘Salvator Mundi’, Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud has been keeping its whereabouts under wraps.
Leonardo da Vinci made predictions about the natural world and technology, with some of those proven right over time.
Want to write the perfect track? One music journalist reckons she’s figured out the one thing that many ‘perfect’ pop songs have in common.
‘Salvator Mundi’ won’t be part of this year’s Leonardo da Vinci show in Paris, and the owner isn’t all that keen to let too many people have a look.
Researchers have developed a system that can recreate lifelike motion from just a single frame of a person’s face. Enter the moving Mona Lisa.
Bill Gates’ latest list of important reads for 2019 might be the list you need to get you through the South African winter.
It’s 2019, and women are still doing more than their fair share in the home due to what sociologists are calling “male resistance”.
Marie Antoinette’s private chambers reveal more than just lavish silk tapestries and over-the-top rococo flourishes.
The Telegraph’s critics chose the best novels ever written, ranging from Tolkien through to Proust, and including one of our very own.
They’ve unearthed a previously unseen manuscript for a follow-up to writer Anthony Burgess’ famous novel, ‘A Clockwork Orange’.
Here’s your step-by-step guide to beer tasting, guaranteed to impress your squad next time you’re out having a cold one.
Notre-Dame’s structure and two towers have been saved from total destruction, but the damage is still extreme.
Instead of simply viewing Van Gogh’s paintings in frames, this exhibit in France invites you to walk through detailed digital renderings of his greatest works.
Photographer David McMillan roamed the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, capturing the ghost city which has remained largely untouched since the disaster in the 1980s.
Welcome to #RingGate, where a grown man refuses to let a line of strangers kiss his ring and the internet goes wild.
Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ is one of the most famous images in the art world. Now historians and art buffs are saying we have it all wrong.