King Midas turns his roses into gold in a 19th century engraving. The Midas story is a classic Greek myth of how a man’s greed almost ruined his life.

Children’s book author and illustrator David Shannon says he’d thought for years about recasting the King Midas tale into a story about a gold-obsessed boy.

King Midas is known as the man with the golden touch. Legend has it that everything he grasped turned to gold. The myth has been related again and again, from the ancient Greeks, to Nathaniel ...

Elsewhere, Klein’s 1961 gold-leaf artwork “Monogold Sans Titre (MG44)” is expected to see bids up to £1.2 million ($1.6 million), and a 1977 Ferrari 512 BB has an estimated price of up to ...

Reigning NFL MVP Cam Newton has the golden touch - or at least a very large picture of it.Newton commissioned a painting from artist Mark Paul Deren, working together on a King Midas concept.Deren ...

Manoj Kuriakos ensures all gold glitters at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi: At first glance, there’s nothing grand about Manoj Kuriakose. And there shouldn’t be any reason why the 38 ...

Elsewhere, Klein’s 1961 gold-leaf artwork “Monogold Sans Titre (MG44)” is expected to see bids up to £1.2 million ($1.6 million), and a 1977 Ferrari 512 BB has an estimated price of up to ...

Children’s book giant David Shannon reimagines King Midas as a greedy kid in ‘Gold!’ 'Lately, I've seen so many greedy people making other people unhappy,' says the Burbank-based Caldecott ...