04/08/2019. In 1608, after a period of intense artistic study in Italy, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) returned to his hometown of Antwerp. He found a city eager to renew its visual culture and ready to support him, a bold artist who worked at a rapid pace and dr...

04/08/2019. On 2 May 2019, Italy and the whole world are ready to remember the day on which Leonardo da Vinci died, celebrating his 500th anniversary. Throughout the year exhibitions dedicated to him will take place in three major Italian cities that we are read...

04/13/2019. Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to take down two paintings by Emil Nolde from her office walls has touched off a heated German debate as an exhibition on the Expressionist painter and his links to the Nazis opened in Berlin. Organisers of the ...

04/17/2019. Why call this new museum show Beyond the Cape? Compared to so many other exhibitions around the world about comic books, this original and unconventional take soars beyond just superheroes. Beyond the Cape! Comics and Contemporary Art shows how so...

04/22/2019. On May 4, Rago Auctions hosts its semi-annual auctions of American + European and Post-War + Contemporary Art. Included in the sale will be two single-owner segments: "The Archive of Artist /Desig...

04/19/2019. Visiting a gallery has been always a productive and stimulating way to spend a Sunday afternoon. But if wandering through hallways of carefully curated objects of beauty is really your thing, then there are some galleries you need to see at least onc...

05/01/2019. Naturally, clothes tend to wear off color after being worn for a while. To most, that is the end of their relationship with their outfits. For others, it is the right opportunity to get artistic. In the past, dying clothes was only done by profession...

05/08/2019. The internationally well-known and venerated painting Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Johannes Vermeer can now, more than two and a half centuries on, be enjoyed looking just as it did when it left the artist’s studio. Previous x-ray ...

05/10/2019. The remains of the worst known Mediterranean migrant shipwreck, in which up to 900 people died, will be exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale art fair this week. The blue and red fishing boat was carrying almost 1,000 migrants when it struc...

05/11/2019. A team of archaeologists have discovered a secret chamber decorated with detailed frescoes during restoration work at Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea or Golden Palace constructed two millennia ago. The team came across an opening leading to a room cov...

05/13/2019. With a new record expected for a work by Lee Krasner and another one possible for a Helen Frankenthaler, the appetite for female abstract painters, and women artists in general, is growing fast as New York gears up for its spring auctions beginning o...

05/13/2019. Never before has a main work by Germany‘s hippest super star in the international art scene been offered on the continental auction market. Daniel Richter‘s “Alles ohne Nichts“ from the very important time between 2004 and 2008 is...

05/17/2019. I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York, his sons' architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old. The Chinese-born Pei was ...

05/19/2019. The Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed generations of immigrants to US shores, is getting a new museum at a time when immigration is an explosive topic. The $100 million Statue of Liberty Museum, which is located near the base of "Lady Liberty"...

05/25/2019. Nowadays, most people are occasionally or permanently working at home. An ideal home office should be comfortable and encourage efficiency and productivity. There are numerous incredibly simple and economical interior design tips you can try to use i...