02/20/2019. Superstar designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, his fashion label Chanel confirmed on Tuesday. The announcement came just weeks after the man known as the "Kaiser" in the industry did not appear at shows during Paris Haute Couture wee...

03/07/2019. An Albert Einstein "puzzle" has been solved thanks to a missing page of manuscript emerging in a collection of his writings acquired by Jerusalem's Hebrew University, officials announced Wednesday. The handwritten page, part of an appendix to a 19...

03/15/2019. A major exhibition dedicated to the scientific genius of Leonardo da Vinci opened in Rome on Wednesday, part of festivities to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist and inventor. The show at the Scuderie del Quirinale palace, entit...

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...

05/10/2019. 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...

08/19/2019. The fossilised remains of a huge penguin almost the size of an adult human have been found in New Zealand's South Island, scientists announced Wednesday. The giant waddling sea bird stood 1.6 metres (63 inches) high and weighed 80 kilograms, about...

07/04/2019. Germany on Wednesday returned a painting looted by the Nazis which ended up in the spectacular art hoard of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Third Reich-era art dealer. "Quai de Clichy. Temps gris" by Paul Signac was handed back to the family of Fr...

07/29/2019. Carlos Cruz-Diez, one of the major figures in kinetic art, has died at the age of 95 in Paris, his family announced Sunday. "It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Carlos Eduard...

10/17/2019. Sally Soames, an intrepid British photojournalist who prided herself on establishing a personal connection with the politicians, actors, writers, artists and others she photographed, died on Oct. 5 at her home in London. She was 82. Her son, Trevo...

10/18/2019. Harold Bloom, the prodigious literary critic who championed and defended the Western canon in an outpouring of influential books that appeared not only on college syllabuses but also — unusual for an academic — on bestseller lists, died Mon...

10/18/2019. A monumental painting by Nicolas de Stael was sold for 20 million euros at Christie's auction on Thursday, in what could be the most paid for a painting of a football match. It was certainly the highest price obtained for a painting by the French ...

10/20/2019. Ed Clark, an African American expressionist painter who used a broom and bold colors to capture the natural world and to convey emotions about the racial injustice of the 1960s, earning him international acclaim, has died. He was 93 and lived in Detr...

10/22/2019. French contemporary artist of Chinese origin, Huang Yong Ping, has died suddenly on October 19, 2019 at the age of 65. Born in 1954 in Xiamen, Fujian, China, he is recognized as a major figure of avant-garde art in China and world-wide. Huang Yong Pi...

10/23/2019. Matthew Wong, a promising self-taught painter whose vibrant landscapes, forest scenes and still lifes were just beginning to command attention and critical acclaim, died Oct. 2 in Edmonton, Alberta. He was 35. The New York gallery Karma, which rep...

10/30/2019. E.A. Carmean Jr., a museum curator and director and modern art expert who, responding to a higher calling midway through his career, entered a seminary and became an Episcopal canon, died Oct. 12 at his home in Washington. He was 74. His family sa...