Artists from Remedios Varo to Olga de Amaral have been inspired by alchemy. A new exhibition in Monterrey, Mexico, explores why. Remedios Varo, Papilla estelar (1958). Photo: Katie White.

Within a 20-minute walk from Notre Dame Cathedral, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, is the oldest house in the city: the house of Nicolas Flamel. If the name rings a vague bell, perhaps it’s ...

The alchemists of old believed that they could find the philosophers’ stone, a substance that would not only transmute base metals into gold, but also cure all ills. Alas, the alchemists failed. But ...

BRIC presents Alchemy, its major summer 2018 exhibition, featuring the work of seven artists reconceiving non-conventional materials in a reflection on the ancient concept of alchemy-the ...

In the dim illumination of a library devoted to protecting ancient books from light degradation, James R. Voelkel gingerly picks up a nearly 600-year-old alchemy text. Written by hand sometime around ...