Arts

A ten meter long fresco created by the the late artist Paula Rego which is to be exhibited at the National Gallery in London this summer (July 20-October 29) includes …

The booming secondary sneaker market has reached new heights after a pair worn by megawatt basketball star Michael Jordan sold in an online sale yesterday at Sotheby’s for $2.2 million …

The British Museum loaned the most famous Oceanian sculpture in the world to the main museum in Tahiti for three years. Known as A’a, the sculpture depicts a deified ancestor …

The Georgian government’s attempt in March to impose a repressive Russian-style “foreign agent” law has galvanized the country’s cultural community. Museum workers and artists have been at the forefront of …

It’s proving impossible to see the Vermeer blockbuster at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (until June 4) with some tickets selling on eBay for over $2,000 according to Hyperallergic. The clamor …

Johannes Vermeer had only been rediscovered a few years earlier during Van Gogh’s time, but Vincent and his brother Theo were early enthusiasts. Théophile Thoré-Bürger, the French critic who made …

Zanzibar-born British artist Lubaina Himid is bringing her passion for opera to the fore with an exhibition of works due to open next month at the Glyndebourne Festival in Lewes, …

Sales were promising during the first day of Expo Chicagothe largest art fair in the American Midwest, according to dealers, the city’s art scene is enjoying a renaissance as the …

For at least 20 years, Nicholas Poussin Death of Germanicus (1627), a prized painting in the collection of the Minneapolis Art Institute (Mia), has been on the “do not lend” …

by Chris Burden Urban light (2008), one of the best-known and best-loved art installations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma), is about to get a new paint …