For Samir Farah, painting began as an act of quiet resistance, a way to turn away from the turbulence of the news cycle and toward something more enduring.
Christies announced the Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection, a selection of modern masterpieces which will be showcased during Fall Marquee Week in New York, beginning with a dedicated group in the 20th Century Evening Sale on November 17, 2025.
The Head Curators of the 2027 Helsinki Biennial are internationally acclaimed Curator Mami Kataoka and Finnish museum professional and contemporary art expert Arja Miller.
Bassam Andari is a Lebanese-British self-taught artist based in London. After a long career in journalism, he turned to painting as a powerful medium for storytelling, channelling his passion for human emotion and experience into landscapes and figurative works.
Lviv customs officers discovered an ancient 17th-century icon, painted by Andreas Asper, during customs control at the border. Experts valued it at 25 thousand US dollars, confirming its historical and cultural value.
South Wales Police is investigating a burglary at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff.
An ancient wall panel was stolen from a Pharaonic tomb at the Saqqara archaeological site, coming just days after an ancient bracelet was stolen from the Cairo Museum and melted down, local media reported.
Daria Startseva has always been drawn to visual storytelling, she studied Graphic Design and Advertising at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Marking one of the most remarkable milestones in safeguarding Iraq’s cultural legacy in the past twenty years, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities revealed that over 40,000 artifacts—previously looted and trafficked out of the country amid prolonged political and security upheaval—have been successfully recovered.
Arts Council Luxembourg selected artist Aline Bouvy and curator Stilbé Schroeder to produce the exhibition at the Luxembourg pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
The M HKA site will be transformed into a new 'international' arts centre.
Christie’s London will be presenting the Fabergé Winter Egg of 1913 at auction on 2nd December 2025, with an estimate on request in excess of € 20 million.
Egypt’s former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Dr. Khaled El-Enany, has been elected as the new Director-General of UNESCO, becoming the first Egyptian and Arab to head the UN cultural agency.
The jury (Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist) selected the artist El Anatsui for the twenty-eighth "Iron Curtain" at the Vienna State Opera.
It's 11 PM in Lahore, and the electricity has just gone out again—another scheduled load-shedding session that wasn't quite so scheduled.
A century ago, Belgian artist Marthe Donas carved out a niche for herself at the heart of the diverse and colourful European avant-garde. Today, her pioneering work is being shown in dialogue with work of Alexander Archipenko and other influential modernists.
Over 300 cultural organisations and almost 900 artists and cultural workers from Belgium and The Netherlands have signed a petition calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural organisations in protest against the continuing genocidal violence in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank.
The art market downturn continued to play out at Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s in Hong Kong this past weekend, with the auctions turnover achieving an eight-year low.
The Nasher Sculpture Center announces Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj as the 2027 Nasher Prize Laureate, becoming the ninth and youngest artist to receive the award.
The Royal Academy today announces plans to expand its Collection Gallery in Burlington Gardens into an ambitious and elegant double-height space.