Arts

“The art of living is the art of giving,” says San Francisco-based fashion executive and philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem, who chose it as the title of a May 16 Sotheby’s …

The austere, slender room of the Dilston Gallery in the former mission church of Clare College in Southwark Park is one of London’s most spectacular spaces. Built in 1911, it …

Christie’s New York Asia Week auctions in September will be anchored by sales of two major collections of Chinese works with a collective estimated value of nearly $10 million. One …

In 1970, a small group of artists began meeting and working in the East Los Angeles garage of a Catholic nun, Sister Karen Boccalero, herself an artist. She was also, …

THE Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today (23 May) awarded its main annual award, the National Museum and Library Service Medal, to eight institutions, including four libraries and …

An 18th century Indian sword looted by British troops in 1799 fetched £14.1million (including costs) at a Bonhams auction in London on Tuesday May 23 – a Bonhams price said …

The latest sculptural exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam – eight works by contemporary English artist Richard Long – makes the playful art of the lawns and rocks of the …

A pub, a fishmonger, a hotel (or two) and a private members club are all part of Swiss retailers Iwan and Manuela Wirth’s growing hotel empire, which will expand further …

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to extend its ban on the import and trade of elephant ivory to five more animals. The teeth and …

Everything changes in Pimlico. For the first time in a decade, Tate Britain has rehung its collection. The revaluation of the more than 800 works in the Millbank Gallery, the …