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After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured by glass and coated in debris during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, the monumental oil-on-canvas, painstakingly restored over ...

Japanese geisha are taking to the stage in Tokyo for the weeklong Azuma Odori festival. This year marks the centenary of the annual event, which has carried on a tradition despite dwindling numbers.

Then, they somehow got their hands on a can or two of bright red paint, which they began daubing all over the local buildings—even going so far as to climb on one another’s shoulders to reach ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Laura is an editor and staff ...

But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary. “It totally mimics human ...

This week sees new recordings of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, songs by Messiaen and Debussy, and Ravel's La valse Thanks for exploring the Gramophone website. Sign up for a free account today to enjoy ...

“Japanese people themselves often don’t understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do,” Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture, says.

"Japanese people themselves often don't understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do," said Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture. In Japanese, the word geisha means ...

The paint transferred onto his arm onto a similar area to where injuries were seen in a photograph of O’Keefe’s arm. The slideshow presented a side-by-side comparison from Welcher’s arm ...

Just like every artistic medium, painting is meant to convey the full range of human emotion. Feelings like anger, sadness, love and adoration show up often, but so do humor and satire—and when ...