Jakarta’s performing arts scene has come to a virtual standstill as people lay low at home during the outbreak.

A Chinese artist has paid tribute to doctors and nurses and their months-long battle to treat virus-stricken patients in his latest light painting creations.

During the current lockdown, opera, theater and ballet are being offered for free on the internet.

The Broad has adapted its digital programming in the light of the current health crisis, launching several online initiatives to "inspire the museum's audience and help people remain connected to one another."

Can theater convey emotion and reach audiences through a virtual stage? Mime artist Asita Kaladewa had his initial doubts proven wrong when Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja uploaded his latest work on YouTube.

Edinburgh's international festivals were cancelled for the first time in 70 years on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said, in the latest blow for Britain's thriving arts scene.

A second woman has broken her silence about being groomed and controlled by the disgraced French pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff.

The annual Bali Arts Festival, which was scheduled to take place from June to July, has been canceled amid fears of COVID-19.

The 1884 painting, titled the "Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring", was taken during a pre-dawn break-in at the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam.

Semarang-based artist collective Kolektif Hysteria presented its Penta KLabs project for the 2019 YouFab Global Creative Awards.

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.