Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death.

International Mugham Center in Baku has honored the memory of Azerbaijan's outstanding composer Gara Garayev (1918-1982), ...

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Manipur’s Zamthingla Ruivah, having shown her Naga shawl-inspired works at various art festivals around the world, offers a contemporary take on folk motifs that women in various communities of ...

UVA students selected objects for display and crafted museum text for The Fralin Museum of Art’s newest exhibition.

Popular artist Jeff Koons talks to 60 Minutes about "Balloon Dog" and what influenced his "Celebration" series ...

A show at the Guggenheim Museum highlights the early abstract movement, prominently featuring work by husband and wife Robert ...

The artists were inspired by the ... heading to work, meandering through shops—many of them unaware that they're stepping over a revolutionary art project that's been a part of the city for ...

Across 120 exhibitors, the India Art Fair (IAF ... the largest canvas Manu Parekh has ever painted. Inspired by Banaras—a city he has felt deeply connected to since his first visit in 1980—the work ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz.