Digital technology has opened the door for contemporary artists to offer greater value to society, especially in 3D printed art. Jakarta-based sculptor and multimedia artist Nus Salomo is pioneering design innovations into new and exciting fields.

Showcasing traditional dance, music and arts, Iraq's Babylon International Festival has attracted thousands of fans for the first time in two war-scarred decades.

Cemetery visitors can use their phones to scan the QR code, which links them to a website with a biography of the deceased and photos from their life.

Thousands of people, including locals and tourists, lined the route through the capital for a glimpse of the procession, which was canceled last year due to the coronavirus.

The Jogja National Museum (JNM) complex in Wirobrajan, Yogyakarta, holds a special place as a venue for underground music gigs as well as a knock-down gallery for struggling artists.

New media artist Benny Wicaksono presents a “prepper” perspective through pieces that anticipate a dystopian future.

Located in the southern outskirts of Rome, between the historic centre and the seaside suburb of Ostia, EUR is characterized by monumental buildings in white marble and travertine stone, typical of the fascist era.

The New York art collective behind Lil Nas X's "Satan Shoes" says that it seeks to criticize the concepts of "authenticity" and "exclusivity" that dominate the art market.

Thousands flocked to cemeteries in the Catholic-majority Philippines on Thursday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones before All Saints' Day.

Ending a decade-long journey as Sisir Tanah, Bagus Dwi Danto writes a personal album chronicling his pandemic struggles, using his own name.

The album was previously owned by Martin Shkreli, a disgraced executive sentenced to prison for fraud, and sold at auction in July as part of a deal to settle his debt to the US government.

The growing popularity of Russian standup sketches has attracted the watchful eye of the authorities, resulting in the arrest and deportation of a comedian this summer over a joke.

This year, the ritual, usually held in late October before Mexico's Day of the Dead festival, is taking place for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way, with Jodi Picoult finding inspiration in a tourist stranded abroad, while Margaret Atwood is teaming up with the likes of Dave Eggers and John Grisham on a "collaborative novel" about Manhattan residents thrown together by lockdown.

Their modern lives notwithstanding, many younger Javanese still turn to primbon for wedding planning.

Titled "The Wardrobe of Garcia Marquez," the event will mark the opening of a cultural center in Marquez' residence in southern Mexico where the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" lived and wrote for many years.

As for Tunick, dressed, in black, he stood on the roof of a recreational vehicle and issued commands on a megaphone.  

Wine was a common beverage in ancient times, served to children as well as adults, and was often used as a substitute for water, which was not always safe to drink, or as an additive to improve its taste and nutritional value.

Indonesian batik cloth, which has been recognized worldwide, became a binder of friendship between countries during the event.

The monuments in Bamiyan province had stood for 1,500 years but their destruction was ordered in 2001 by that regime -- already infamous then after banning television and imposing ultra-strict rules governing the conduct of women -- for being against the Muslim faith.

The 2021 tours, Genesis' first since 2007, has seen the line-up of Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford expanded to include Collins's 20-year-old son Nicholas on drums. The band's original trio are all now in their early 70s.

Citing a source, Interfax reported that the performer  and was crushed by a ramp during a set change.

While four women won Nobel prizes in 2020 -- close to the 2009 record of five -- the awards remain male-dominated as much of the prizewinning work dates back 20, 30 or even 40 years when fewer women reached the top levels of academic research.

Some of the most recent developments in Balinese contemporary art trace their roots not to the “Island of the Gods” but to Yogyakarta, where the arts scene is a melting pot of cultures from across the archipelago.

The monuments in Bamiyan province had stood for 1,500 years but their destruction was ordered in 2001 by that regime -- already infamous then after banning television and imposing ultra-strict rules governing the conduct of women -- for being against the Muslim faith.

Originally known as Posingford Bridge, it captured the imaginations of children as "Poohsticks Bridge" where the honey-loving teddy bear invented one of the most famous children's games.

But as a new exhibition in Paris marks the magazine's 100th birthday, times are troubled at the fabled magazine. 

Fearing a crackdown on music by the country's new leaders, a total 101 members of Afghanistan's top musical institute landed in Doha on Sunday evening, Ahmad Sarmast said.

Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after days of innovative experiments that showed how the industry is embracing technology and new approaches for a post-pandemic future.

The two-part or diptych canvas depicts a small child letting go of a heart-shaped red balloon and was painted by the elusive wall dauber in 2005.