Latest Art News

Archeologist's recent discovery of ancient cave paintings may change everything we know about human’s relationship to art.

Banksy surprised residents of Birmingham this week with the kind of Christmas card only he could send—a touching new piece of street art.

Medical researchers are finding new ways to treat pain using a potent mix of virtual reality and art.

Your first Old Master doesn’t have to be a Rubens or a Rembrandt — in fact with estimates from £5,000, starting a collection is a lot less daunting than you might suppose, as specialist Maja Markovic explains.

Researchers are refuting a 2018 theory that one thing that gave Leonardo da Vinci an artistic advantage was exotropia, a rare condition that results in a slight misalignment of the eye.

Any Grateful Dead fan will attest to Jerry Garcia’s power as a musician, but the legendary guitarist and singer was also an accomplished visual artist, a fact known only to a small group of devoted Deadheads.

This fall one of the world’s greatest cultural treasures has been under siege. Venice, often called the Floating City, has been submerged in nearly six feet of water.

The painstaking work of art restoration is often done in a studio or a lab, removing decades of dulling dirt and dust, or repairing works that have been damaged, always with the aim of helping art – meant to stand the test of time – keep time at bay.

The result of the 80 home searches was the arrest of 23 individuals and the seizure of around 10,000 precious cultural items.

Before the Shot, an iconic painting by Norman Rockwell, was one of the top lots at Phillips New York’s 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on November 14. Estimated at $2,500,000 - 4,500,000, the work sold for $4,700,000. This is the first time Before the Shot has been sold publicly. The auction overall realized $108 million, a 22 percent increase from the previous year.