The body’s exceptional state of conservation—with skin, hair and nails still intact—is relatively uncommon in the region, ...

By the 1950s, the “Waverley rules” had been developed to control the export of important cultural property deemed “national ...

The Neo Ancients festival in the small Gloucestershire town of Stroud featured artists whose works have a more "pastoral" ...

Koyo Kouoh, a giant of the contemporary art world who tirelessly championed African artists and became the first woman from ...

While physically defending their country, Ukrainian artist’s work provides oxygen for urgent issues that demand attention and ...

The UK government has placed an export bar on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m. The work, ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

In Mann mit zwei Kindern, Gerhard Richter painted his close friend Sigmar Polke as a young child on an outing with his family, an early and foundational example of Richter’s photo-like paintings, many ...

Wes Anderson fans will be in heaven this winter at the Design Museum in London which is showing more than 600 items from the US filmmaker’s various films and projects. Wes Anderson: The Archives (21 ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

Michael Armitage, for example, had his first show at David Zwirner three years after being signed to the gallery ...

Twenty-nine SFMOMA employees will be terminated as the museum continues to grapple with increased competition for ...