Van Gogh-Gauguin letter describing brothel visits sells for 210,000 euros
A letter written by Vincent van Gogh and fellow artist Paul Gauguin describing visits to brothels and discussing the future of art has been sold...
May flowers: Where the U.S. retail blooms are and are not
No denying May’s $73 billion rebound in U.S. retail sales was an eye-popper and is the latest fodder to fuel the red-hot “V” vs “U”...
Anti-racism protest signs, murals destined for U.S. Smithsonian
Days into nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, demonstrators began to fill a tall fence in front of the White House with posters,...
Artists around the world pay tribute to George Floyd
Protests against racism triggered by the death of African American George Floyd have inspired art around the world, from murals in Syria and Pakistan to...
U.S. ruling over ancient bronze horse a ‘huge victory’ for Greece: minister
Greece’s culture minister has hailed a U.S. court ruling over a disputed ancient horse figurine as a major victory that may help Athens and others...
Vietnam schoolgirl creates art from the chaos of the coronavirus
Stuck at home with school suspended, Nguyen Doi Chung Anh made the most of a lockdown in Vietnam by using art to demonstrate tragedy, resilience...
Afghan artists paint mural on blast wall in tribute to George Floyd
A group of artists climbed ladders up one of the many blast walls snaking through the Afghan capital Kabul this week to paint a mural...
Banksy mural stolen from Bataclan theater found in Italian farmhouse
A mural by secretive British street artist Banksy stolen from the Bataclan theater in Paris, where Islamist gunmen killed 90 people in 2015, has been...
Coronavirus poses existential threat to some of world’s museums: UNESCO
The coronavirus lockdowns have hit the world’s museums very hard and more than 10 percent may never reopen while others will have to put new...
Tiny 13,500-year-old bird statuette shows origins of Chinese art
A tiny statuette of a bird carved from burnt bone about 13,500 years ago reveals the origins of Chinese art, embodying a style different from...
