Arts

Arts

A colorful modernist canvas by the late Indian painter Vivan Sundaram turned heads at Sotheby's New York on March 26 when it fetched $896,000 including fees-seven times its high estimate.

"The space launches with Ruth Asawa: Untitled, a show curated by Asawa's daughters Aiko Cuneo and Addie Lanier, that speaks to Asawa's tendency to leave much of her art untitled."

The visual and chemical properties of the pigment Prussian Blue function as a metaphorical anchor, tying together a cast of watchful female figures within Huitema's hazy, dreamlike worlds.

"My process is a constant negotiation with gravity," says Soojin Choi. The artist creates intimate ceramic sculptures depicting a pair entwined in an unknottable embrace, their limbs a seemingly endless tangle.

Bronze, when shaped by the right hand, holds time in suspension—an argument against decay, against disappearance, against the quiet erasure of the human story.

I never thought of it as making sculpture. It's just the way I think.

Our Government should support the Irish visual arts ecosystem a lot more, spreading the message that art is open and accessible to everyone.

Stripping audiences of their sight, the production toys with the fear of anticipation, using light touch and scent to deliver its narrative.

Marc Payot, president of Hauser and Wirth, emphasized the importance of long-term engagement, stating, 'What matters is long-term engagement-building relationships, not just transactions.' He noted that serious collectors were actively engaging at the fair.

For nearly three decades, the Mark Twain Prize has celebrated some of the greatest minds in comedy. For even longer, Bill has been influencing American discourse one politically incorrect joke at a time.

Pat Steir's iconic Waterfall series, initiated in 1988, exemplifies her innovative approach to abstract painting, merging artistic surrender with a deep reverence for gesture.

Bregman claims, 'Today the whole of Europe risks turning into one big Venice, a beautiful open-air museum. A great destination for Chinese and American tourists. A place to admire what was once the centre of the world.' This statement encapsulates the concern that Europe is losing its cultural significance.

The interdisciplinary MFA program brings together an exceptional group of emerging artists committed to developing their work within a community of faculty, visiting artists, and art professionals.

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein earned nine nominations ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, but he did not win the Best Picture award despite the film's success in other categories.

The ritual has been performed for at least 500 years, but nobody knows how or why it began. The ornately dressed mummers, in groups of six, polyphonically yodel and ring bells.

The 2026 Whitney Biennial opened at the beginning of the month, providing a snapshot of current trends and curatorial interests in the art world.

"I've been thinking lately about how art reveals the writing on the wall. When I began developing the concept of human-machine collaboration it was 2015, years before the current wave of generative AI entered public consciousness."

Art history is currently in the process of revising the accepted white male canon by uncovering overlooked female artists. The recent explosion in interest of Artemisia Gentileschi highlights this shift, as major exhibitions aim to separate her extraordinary work from the violent sexual assault that overshadows her biography.

March and April represent the pinnacle of our cultural calendar. The government's Hong Kong Mega 8 initiative brings together world-class events—from Art Basel and Art Central to ComplexCon and the Hong Kong Sevens. This powerful synergy across art, sports and pop culture transforms the entire city into an extended exhibition space.

Naked mermaids and prancing horses, silk carrots and unshelled peanuts, gilded elephant trunks, drums and masks are just a few of the buttons. The V&A's lavish spring show is a weird and wonderful tumble down the rabbit hole that is Schiaparelli, fashion's house of surrealism.

The monumental suite was one of the Flemish master's most prestigious achievements, produced between 1622 and 1625 on commission for the French Crown.

Scopin's decision to room at the Hotel Chelsea was a matter of frugality, reflecting a serious class system within the ornate 12-story building.

Entering Tracey Emin's retrospective A Second Life at Tate Modern evokes the unsettling sensation of reading someone's personal diary, as her entire body of work reflects intimate experiences.

Proceeds from the '1 Picasso for 100 euros' campaign will help fund research into Alzheimer's, a common form of dementia that is a leading cause of death worldwide.

Ali Sbeity painted vibrant portraits and landscapes of his rural hometown in Southern Lebanon, often sharing his works on his Facebook. He participated in numerous local arts exhibitions and created murals for schools in Beirut.