As an author, poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde is known for his association with literature. But, Wilde had much to say about the visual and decorative arts, as well. Explore how Wilde’s works were ...

While ukiyo-e was just one small piece of an elaborate tapestry of influences upon the minds and hearts of the aesthetes, it does seem to have helped Oscar Wilde to piece together the connection he ...

Bluesky “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue,” Oscar Wilde declares in his 1891 essay, “The Soul of Man Under Socialism.” “It is through ...

Oscar Wilde, the 20th century’s most famous sexual dissident, ... Wilde the artist — writing works like “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Salomé”; ...

An excerpt from a lecture given by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde on his 1882 American tour. 3/3/2015, 4:40 a.m. Sign up ... The artist is not dependent on the visible and the tangible.

In 1895, Wilde was convicted of homosexual activity and sentenced to two years in prison. Built in the mid-1800s, the facility was operational until 2013. Now, it's hosting an unusual art exhibit.

A stolen ring once belonging to the famed Irish writer Oscar Wilde has been recovered nearly 20 years after it was stolen from Britain’s Oxford University, according to reports.

Oscar Wilde landed in 1882 Cincinnati with an impact few rock stars could manage today. The Cincinnati newspapers carried more than 500 articles about the “youthful priest of the beautiful” that year ...