The lack of a reaction is a testament to Smith's broad popularity in Hollywood, and his powerful box office cachet, according to some observers.

Combining his love for Japanese manga, surrealism and science fiction, Bandung-based artist Riandy Karuniawan has created a style of illustration that is both psychedelic and thought-provoking. 

A new foundation has launched an inaugural campaign urging young Indonesians to adopt the traditional dress of the country's diverse cultural heritage.

Three violinists, a cellist and a bass player delighted an audience of a few dozen people for half an hour in one of the largest subway stations in Ukraine's second city, close to the Russian border.

A group of youngsters from Ambon, Maluku set up a concert series aimed at celebrating the island’s growing independent music system.

A Russian artist and a Ukrainian owner of a villa complex on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have come together to promote peace and unity through a giant work of art. 

Andy Warhol's iconic sage-blue background portrait of Marilyn Monroe has been tipped to sell for a record-breaking US$200 million at auction in the spring, Christie's announced on Monday.

By intersecting political intrigue with the obligation of transferring cultural knowledge to future generations, artist Manda Selena explores identity and the creative power and plight of motherhood in the modern age.

On a giant flyover in the sprawling Indian metropolis of Mumbai, a transgender art collective is trying to change attitudes as radically as it transforms the concrete pillars into brightly colored murals.

An exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijkmuseum uses posters, personal belongings and other objects exhibited for the first time to put a human face on Indonesia’s war of independence against the Dutch which lasted from 1945 to 1949.

With its imposing, angular proportions made out of clay, the Opera Village cultural and educational project, designed by Burkina Faso-born architect Francis Kere, blends into the landscape.

Hidden on the backs of canvases, doodles have allowed artists down the ages, from Michelangelo to Picasso, to test, explore and unleash their creativity.

From her shelter in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, Vera Lytovchenko has become a social media sensation with her violin performances that help her forget the war, if only for a few minutes. 

Hundreds of thousands of Irish and international visitors flocked to Ireland for St Patrick's Day festivities after a two-year halt due to coronavirus.

‘Twenties’ is a new column in which we give our top 20 list of anything and everything of interest, from food and history to pop culture and lifestyle — and more.

India's colourful festivities to mark Holi are underway, including in a town usually associated with grief as a so-called "city of widows".

For renowned artist Heri Dono, the archives of materials related to his work are as valuable as the works themselves. 

China has so far refused to condemn its ally Russia's war, but Chinese painter Huang Rui is convinced that Ukraine has already won.

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.

Growing up in a less privileged family from a low caste in Bali and being discriminated against as a woman, Citra Sasmita brings forth equality issues in her artworks.

Iraq's National Museum reopened Monday to visitors after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest.

An artist creates art out of abandoned buildings.

Dutch-Spanish photographer Anaïs López celebrates an Indonesian bird in her latest work

Once a year, miners from the Oruro region, on the high planes of western Bolivia, gather to offer sacrifices to appease El Tio, "Lord of the Underwold". 

French artist Annette Messager, a global star whose retrospective opens in Israel on Tuesday, says her work has been changed by the Covid pandemic, "the masks we wear and all the death". 

Iraq unveiled three monumental sculptures in the ancient city of Hatra on Thursday, newly restored after being vandalized by militants of the Islamic State group during their brief but brutal rule.

The Stone Age shrine site, excavated last year, was used by gazelle hunters and features carved stone figures, an altar and a miniature model of a large-scale hunting trap.

That is why Florence's Opera del Duomo museum in Italy is putting on display together for the first time all three versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son Jesus Christ.

Dior and the Guggenheim Foundation enliven the arts through a series of ongoing solo exhibits launched during the 2021 annual gala.

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.