Latvian sculptors began covering up their monuments with dark plastic to hide them from public view in protest against a proposed tax hike on artist earnings.

Ten artists will participate in the Pulih art exhibition, aiming to lift people's spirits during this challenging time. 

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an artist is using his art to make masks that don't attempt to disguise or accentuate but to be as real as possible.

The coronavirus pandemic may have shut Czech theaters for now but some Prague residents hungry for entertainment have found that watching a live performance can be as easy as grabbing a takeaway.

After a hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic, the National Gallery of Indonesia returns for its first offline exhibition: an immersive show highlighting the works of painter Affandi.

IDF2020.zip is filled with the experiences of Indonesian and international dancers to enjoy, reflect on and discuss.  

A newly unveiled nude female statue in London meant to honor feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft has been targeted by unknown critics who stuck black tape on its breasts and pubic area, draped it in COVID masks and dressed it in a T-shirt.

British artist Maggi Hambling, whose monument to feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft went on display in London, said the pioneering thinker would be "dancing a jig" over Kamala Harris becoming the first female US vice president.

In Egypt's "City of the Dead", centuries-old monuments are being restored and artisanal heritage revived, turning a corner of the vast historical cemetery into a vibrant neighborhood full of life.

A painting by Winston Churchill featuring the famously bibulous British World War II leader's favorite brand of whisky is to go on sale at Sotheby's auction house.

How about giving life to inanimate objects through stop motion animation when our mobility is restricted? All it takes is an internet connection, Zoom and a doll or two.

Israeli archeologists have discovered four pure gold coins in Jerusalem's Old City that were minted more than 1,000 years ago, a rare find from an era of political upheaval in the region.

Stork Project Indonesia aims to be a platform to showcase and sell artworks from Indonesian artists. 

Indonesia’s leading museum has come up with at-home workshop kits to unleash art lovers’ creativity and help you discover your inner artist while staying at home during the pandemic.

When Fintan Magee was asked to paint a mural on a trio of 40-meter high grain silos in the small Australian town of Barraba, he decided against an archetypal image of sheep and cattle.

Researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, claim that Vincent van Gogh suffered from severe borderline personality disorder. 

A French court is to decide the fate of an impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro after the daughter of a man the Nazis stole it from challenged a US-French accord.

The Indonesian Dance Festival has morphed with the times to go fully online in keeping with its celebration of human resilience and adaptability. 

Four musicians from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera continued to play on Monday night after their audience was told it was not safe to leave because a gunman was on the loose outside.

It doesn't have the malls of Dubai or the mega-projects of Abu Dhabi, but the conservative Gulf emirate of Sharjah has carved out a role for itself as a cultural capital.

Extravagant mansions once owned by wealthy Roma stand in stark contrast to the modest traditional homes of Soroca in northern Moldova.

A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail.

Some of Germany's top orchestras, including Berlin's prestigious Staatskapelle and the Munich Philharmonic, staged protests on Monday, warning that coronavirus lockdowns pose an existential threat to the arts and entertainment industries.

Even in midst of a deadly pandemic, the Viennese seek to look death straight in the eye -- an attitude on display at a morbidly humorous museum devoted to death and burial.

To many, plastic carrier bags are considered historical items, representing the consumer excesses of the 20th and 21st centuries.

A traditional Day of the Dead "offering" in Frida Kahlo's iconic home in Mexico City has taken on a wider artistic homage, with an exhibition helped by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier also remembering artists who have died in past pandemics.

A collaborative work of Asian performing artists will visit the audiences in the virtual world.  

London's Saatchi gallery is holding a private viewing for robots and humans, allowing people and machines to wander through the wacky world of pop artist Philip Colbert in a show designed to work both digitally and in real life.

Warsaw artist Jarek Kubicki has designed posters for the hundreds of thousands protesting against the restriction of abortion in Poland based on a famous image of the Solidarity trade union, which helped topple communism in the country.

Mexicans this year paid their respects early to departed loved-ones in the capital city, where the coronavirus pandemic will cast a pall over cemeteries usually resplendent with color and light during the Nov. 1-2 Day of the Dead celebrations.