Arts

The coronation of English and then British monarchs was a mutable rite, concocted from a thousand years of grafting religious rituals onto pre-Christian practices. In the center is the codified …

Madagascar’s capital is not widely recognized for its rich contemporary art scene. But, in recent years, a cultural ecosystem has exploded in the town locals call ‘Tana. This emerging scene …

Maike Cruse, currently director of Berlin Weekend Gallery (GWB), will become the new director of Art Basel in Basel, a role created since the departure of the former global director …

Portrait painting makes its bow at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition which opens in London at the Mall Galleries today (4-13 May). The 132nd annual exhibition will …

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos unveiled her latest monumental installation Tree of Life (Tree of Life) (2023), culminating at 13 m high in the deconsecrated Gothic chapel of the Château de …

Officials of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna are in talks to loan two fragments of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, putting more pressure on the British Museum to reconsider its …

The Armory ShowThe 2023 edition in New York will feature booths from more than 225 galleries, organizers of the New York fair announced Thursday. The show will take place from …

Artex, a new “online exchange for art”, will offer its first initial public offering (IPO) at an event at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on May 30. Yassir …

A painting by Vermeer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has long been known to conceal an image of a man, which was painted by the artist. …

As the celebrities walked the Met Gala red carpet Monday night (May 1), they posed under several chandeliers made from recycled plastic water bottles. For some viewers, the fixtures seemed …