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Kim Whan-ki's painting breaks Korean auction record at 6.55 bln wonApr 13, 2017A painting by Korean abstract artist Kim Whan-ki has been sold for 6.55 billion won ($5.74 million) on Wednesday, making it the most expensive South Korean artwork ever sold. At an auction held in S... -
80 years on, Picasso’s anti-war ‘Guernica’ still resonatesApr 3, 2017MADRID (AFP) - Close to 80 years ago, Picasso painted “Guernica” in a Paris attic, a haunting work of art that has become a universal howl against the ravages of war, from 1937 Spain to 2017 Syria. ... -
From Tokyo to USA: Kusama’s eternal love of polka dotsFeb 28, 2017She has two major exhibitions opening simultaneously in Japan and the United States at the venerable age of 87 -- but Yayoi Kusama is nowhere near her last hurrah. Living and creating are inseparabl... -
Jerusalem art show turns ‘home’ inside outFeb 27, 2017A giant kitchen grater with menacing blades, an ironing board festooned with penises and Marcel Duchamp‘s repurposed urinal greet visitors to the Israel Museum’s new show “No Place Like Home.” The e... -
Sistine chapel photographed in unprecedented detailFeb 26, 2017The famous frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo, can now be examined in minute detail thanks to an unprecedented photographic venture, the Vatican Museums have sa... -
Chun Kyung-ja's controversial painting to go on public displayFeb 25, 2017A national art museum said Saturday it has decided to put on public display renowned painter Chun Kyung-ja's work that her bereaved family alleges is a fake. This, if realized, would mark the first ... -
French artist is entombed in rock for a weekFeb 23, 2017A French artist was entombed Wednesday inside a 12-metric ton boulder for a week, saying, “I think I can take it.” With the world‘s press looking on, the two halves of the limestone rock were closed... -
Burkina architect Kere honoured with UK pavilion projectFeb 22, 2017Burkina Faso’s Diebedo Francis Kere will be the first African architect to design a temporary pavilion in London’s Hyde Park, a prestigious assignment given to a world-famous architect every year. K... -
Huge art show questions legend of Vermeer the lone geniusFeb 22, 2017A new blockbuster Vermeer exhibition which opens Wednesday aims to smash the myth that the Dutch master was a solitary genius who worked alone at home cut off from the world. The Louvre in Paris has... -
NY's Met Museum offers exercise amid world-class artFeb 20, 2017“This offers you amazing moments,” said participant Oliver Ryan, who runs a New York corporate wellness company. “We did our first stretch, and there in the vast gallery was Perseus holding the head ... -
Cuban graffiti artist makes his mark in HavanaFeb 15, 2017The whimsical designs of the graffiti artist with the signature Yulier P. began to appear randomly on walls around Havana three years ago. The first ones were large abstract renderings of rabbits, th... -
‘Renaissance man’ Tillmans show blends politics and artFeb 15, 2017Fake news, Brexit and genitals: a Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition opening at the Tate Modern on Wednesday is an eclectic show that the edgy German artist says is as much about poetry and art as politics... -
Museum to feature artist’s take on stolen Gardner worksFeb 14, 2017A Massachusetts art museum is offering visitors a unique glimpse of the 13 masterpieces stolen more than a quarter century ago from the Gardner Museum in Boston. The exhibit opening Tuesday at the M...
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LA tower ridiculed as ‘$1 million jukebox’ may get face-liftFeb 13, 2017For 40 years, Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with dozens of brilliant, colorful mosaics, larger-than-life murals and to... -
Guggenheim celebrates immigrant roots in age of TrumpFeb 13, 2017The Guggenheim Museum is highlighting the work of some of the visionaries who shaped its collection, using the occasion to note immigrants‘ contributions to American art weeks after President Donald ...
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