A 19th-century oil painting stolen from occupied France during World War II has gone on display in a bid to trace its rightful owners after being returned by the son of the German soldier who took it on orders from above.

Masks featuring artwork of Indonesia's best visual artists are a creative way to cope with this crisis while bringing the arts to the public.

The Brazilian mega-city is known as a world street-art capital, and not even the coronavirus pandemic has stopped graffiti painters.

Leading arts figures including director Pedro Almodovar and writer Margaret Atwood have called on Europe to intervene on behalf of LGBT+ people in Poland, saying their rights are being "blatantly violated".

The early films of the Perfini company are often seen as providing a foundation for a “national cinema”. However, these films are also a form of “critical national cinema”, which highlight and engage with negative aspects of the new nation.

The annual UOB Painting of the Year competition is now open for submissions.

New York's Museum of Modern Art will reopen its doors on August 27, following a five-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

While Buckingham Palace is undergoing a £369 million refurbishment, multiple paintings from the Royal Collection that usually hang in the Picture Gallery will be brought together in a gallery exhibition for the first time.

Music lovers in India have paid glowing tributes to the classical maestro Pandit Jasraj, who has died at the age of 90.

Panelists highlighted that it was important for feminism to be contextualized within the framework of non-Western values

Speakers talked about their experiences and hardships in pursuing careers in the male-dominated art industry.

Two decades of Maya Husseini's work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war was lost in an instant in the seismic port explosion in Beirut.

A message of integrity underscores the tale of 'Sabdo Pandito Rakjat'.

New York's museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions will be allowed to reopen starting August 24, state governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday after a five-month shutdown due to the coronavirus.

Every June and December thousands of initiates between 15 and 17 years old spend at least three weeks secluded in the bush, where they are circumcised and taught to be responsible men. But this year, for the first time in living memory, the ritual has been called off because of the coronavirus.

Held from July 12 to Aug. 12, Humanity Youth Festival encouraged the youth to learn about impunity based on Human Rights violations.

Mexico is reopening museums and cinemas in the capital after months of lockdown, but face masks and social distancing are the new normal for culture vultures in a city still battling the coronavirus.

Indonesian speed painter Eggy Yunaedi created portraits of founding fathers Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta at Rumah Sejarah Rengasdengklok (Rengasdengklok History House) in Karawang regency, West Java, on Wednesday.

Dressed in dalang (puppeteer) attire, comprising loose lurik shirt, kain jarik (traditional Javanese cloth) and blangkon (traditional Javanese hat), Gibran then sat crossed-legged on the floor.

There were no human pyramids in Mumbai's Janmashtami festival celebrating Lord Krishna on Wednesday, which normally attracts thousands onto the streets, due to a surge in coronavirus in India, with more than 60,000 cases reported in 24 hours.

A "rare and important" pair of iconic glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi look set to sell for tens of thousands of pounds after a British auction house put them up for sale on Monday.

When students from Uijeongbu High School parodied Ghana’s famous dancing pallbearers, South Korea-based Ghanaian television personality Sam Okyere took to social media to criticize the students for painting their faces brown.

The project teams will be given the opportunity to pitch their works in a one-on-one session with donors, broadcasters, distributors, film festivals and other industry practitioners in the international documentary scene on Aug. 26-28.

Gems of the Beirut's heritage, including some of the region's most elegant Levantine villas with their triple-arch windows, were damaged beyond repair.

Houses in Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease.

Created as a call to action for ocean conservation, the Museum of Underwater Art's exhibits are located at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park’s John Brewer Reef.

The unique musical experience is the work of Yogetsu Akasaka, a Japanese musician and formally trained Buddhist monk who has become a viral phenomenon with tracks marrying religious chanting with beatboxing.

Art sleuths have created a 3D reconstruction of the face of Italian painter Raphael, solving an age-old mystery over his final resting place.

Not only does art provide practical and therapeutical benefits for isolated people in lockdown, it also creates opportunities to foster positive international cultural and political relations. 

His murals may adorn walls around the world, but the Balinese muralist isn’t seeking fame.