A humble school in Yogyakarta offers lessons on "macapat" and the Javanese script.

Switzerland's Basel Art Museum will pay an undisclosed sum to heirs of a German art historian, it said on Friday, concluding it bought works from his personal collection in the 1930s after he was persecuted by the Nazi government.

The legendary Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has announced it will broadcast its best classic performances online for free.

The performances can be watched on the Budaya Saya YouTube channel.

With concert halls, restaurants and most shops shut, public life in Germany has ground to a halt as the population is urged to stay home to help contain the spread of the virus.

Cleaning crews descended upon the landmark Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Monday, dousing it with disinfectants as fears mount over the spread of the novel coronavirus.

As an artist who finds his inspiration in everyday objects, Ari Bayuaji is preparing an exhibition based on plastic rope, string and fishnets found in the ocean.

With museums and galleries closing in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, cultural institutions are trying to be innovative to offer activities in line with the "social distancing" guidelines.

The Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa) and the blockbuster National Theatre’s War Horse are the latest casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. The two biggest productions on Singapore’s upcoming cultural calendar have been cancelled.

UK freelance musicians, among the vulnerable self-employed groups during the coronavirus crisis, fear they have been "thrown under a bus" by the government after being excluded from a state wage guarantee.

Online viewing rooms of Art Basel Hong Kong were unveiled on Friday, with 235 leading galleries from 31 countries and territories presenting over 2,000 premier artworks.

The coronavirus epidemic has forced organizers to cancel the ogoh-ogoh (usually giant menacing effigies) parade, which aims to prevent bhuta kala (evil spirits) from disturbing the commemoration of Nyepi. 

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Agustina San Martín will spend two years in close collaboration.

Shanti Seshadri honors her family’s culture and traditions by turning her home into a “mini park” to celebrate India’s Navaratri festival.

Between washing your hands and calling your grandparents, here are a few Instagram artists' accounts you might consider browsing in a bid to keep calm.

A small village in Central Java remains the only hub that produces a special kind of batik that is almost on the brink of extinction.

A former political prisoner, renowned artist Djoko Pekik outlived his persecutors, retaini

Following the closure of several museums in order to avoid the spread of COVID-19, the Culture Directorate General of the Education and Culture Ministry has encouraged the public to visit the currently closed locations virtually instead.

The creative space complex, M Bloc Space in South Jakarta’s Blok M, says it remains open for business despite canceling all of its scheduled events in March over fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The conductor at Royal Opera of Versailles strode up onto the rostrum baton in hand to attack Beethoven's Fifth, before turning to bow to the audience. Except there was no one there other than his orchestra.

Originally scheduled to take place at Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City on April 17 to 19, Art Moments Jakarta has been postponed to due to the spread of COVID-19.

Francis Bacon's 'Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus' will likely be one of the highlights of Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art evening sale.

A choreographer favored by superstars like Madonna, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Damien Jalet is on a mission to reinvent perceptions of the body and make viewers question their own human identity.

Anish Kapoor secured exclusive rights to make art with the Vantablack S-VIS material in 2016, sparking outrage at the time across the international artists' community for monopolizing the pigment.

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN) in West Jakarta will be temporarily closed starting March 14 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at London's National Gallery.

Broadway theatres, among New York's biggest tourist attractions, were shut down for a month on Thursday in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the city.

German choreographer Claudia Bosse’s performance art-installation hybrid the last IDEAL PARADISE immerses the audience in a narrative that relishes in being uncomfortable to experience.

Officials in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia debated Wednesday what to do with large sculptures set up on its streets for its annual "Fallas" festival after the event was postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

A villager’s regular dig of avocado plants led to a discovery that might further boost the town of Batu’s reputation as a tourist spot.