Hand-picked from digitised public collections and ready for reuse, the Public Domain Image Archive is the perfect antidote to ...

Some works enter the public domain the moment they are created, such as the AI-generated images below. Others take their ...

Ancient Rome achieved urban milestones centuries ahead of its time, with innovations like shopping malls, public welfare, and ...

Screamboat”—“Terrifier” star David Howard Thornton’s horror movie featuring the public domain character Steamboat Willie—is ...

Genesis 2 tells us the story of Adam, Eden and the creation of Eve — a narrative brought to life in Jan Brueghel’s vivid ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

After spending centuries on a British aristocrat's estate in North Yorkshire, the marble masterpiece will be unveiled in ...

Statue of Virginia Woolf in Richmond, London, by Laury Dizengremel (photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Virginia Woolf reigns supreme for the third Public Domain Day in a row — this time with ...

However, the public domain can also open old art to newer audiences. As noted by the Library of Congress, "It's a Wonderful Life" only became a Christmas classic after Republic Pictures let its ...

From Buñuel's masterpiece Un Chien Andalou to DeMille's Dynamite, these movies will enter the public domain in 2025.