Ancient myths and legends have fascinated artists and writers long after the civilizations that produced them collapsed. For ...

Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

Plus: a new cliff-top hotel on a Greek island, an exhibition of Yayoi Kusama and Atsuko Tanaka’s art in New York and more ...

Have you ever pictured yourself as "Mona Lisa," that mysterious lady that Leonardo da Vinci painted so long ago? Or do you have more in common with the stalwart farmers of "American Gothic" that Grant ...

Have you ever pictured yourself as “Mona Lisa,” that mysterious lady that Leonardo da Vinci painted so long ago?

wabi-sabi fine art paintings, ikebana floral art arrangements, bonzai tree art, kintsugi pottery art and minimalist sculptures. Johann du Toit (organiser) and artist Sue Nagel have fun with their ...

The contraction was most evident in the high-end market, whereas sales were stronger at the lower end, with smaller dealers with turnover less than USD 250,000 reporting annual sales growth of 17%, ...

Katharina Grosse shares how artistic theory and conceptual art challenged her understanding of painting as a medium. Interview by Susan Sollins at the artist’s studio in Berlin on December 1, 2013, ...

Elizabeth Murray was born in Chicago in 1940. She earned a BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Mills College in Oakland, California. A pioneer in painting, Murray’s distinctively ...

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already ...

From the movements of air it captures with swaying grass and clothes, to the stillness of the night when just the moon lights up the sky, art can do it all. And be it in the form of paintings ...