He hand-painted 47,000 stars on the Rijksmuseum’s ceiling and drew 1,000 perfect circles, one a day. Ahead of his major London show, he explains why he often paints over his work afterwards.

A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, “A Reception in the Harem” by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, was the top lot at Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist ...

Never before seen at auction, Nesterov’s haunting painting of a novice nun was produced under Soviet rule — during which, of course, religion was strictly suppressed.

It was while walking the (deceptively long) stretch between Odeonsplatz and St. Ludwig that I first encountered the ...

In remote and mountainous regions of the United Kingdom, it is not uncommon to happen upon bothies—basic dwellings left unlocked, available for travelers to shelter in at no cost.

As a professional museum curator, one really is not supposed to have favorites among the objects for which one is responsible.

The office of plastic surgeon Steve Wong is also a personal museum, displaying hundreds of works of Malaysian contemporary art.

Milan’s leading modern and contemporary art fair, miart*, takes place from 3th–6th April. The venue – a hall in the city’s huge conference centre – is modern and spacious, and the 179 galleries from ...

This exhibition features one of the most significant private collections of American regionalist and social realist art created between 1920 and 1970. Spanish artist César Galicia (b. 1957) is ...

A new exhibition by Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), titled “From the Reformation to the Republic: Master Artists, Artist Students” welcomed visitors on June 1. The exhibition presents ...

A New York judge has ruled that the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) must surrender a disputed Egon Schiele drawing, looted by the Nazis from Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum.

The University of Notre Dame reached an agreement with the heirs of Armand Isaac Dorville (1875–1941) this summer, completing the restitution of a 19th-century drawing by the French illustrator and ...