Oslo – The opening ceremony of a special exhibition commemorating this year’s Nobel Peace Prize going to Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors, was held at the …
A couple of days before I was to meet Sophie Calle, a friend from New York who is a collector had an observation about the French artist: “She’s a hard …
The realization hits like a bucket of cold water, though it ought perhaps to be obvious: Look back across history, says the British writer and curator Ekow Eshun, and you’ll …
“Many of our ideas come from going out, sitting at a bar, and having a drink together,” says Michael Elmgreen, the older and more talkative half of the artist duo …
“Masquerade, Makeup & Ensor,” a new exhibition in Antwerp at MoMu challenges the hierarchies that separate fine and applied art and fashion from beauty (hair and makeup). The occasion for …
Forty years into your career, you are putting together an exhibition in Paris, at the Jeu de Paume museum, that will focus on some of the themes that unite your …
Gwangju, South Korea – Hearing talk of the “spirit” of somewhere can come with a leadened feeling. It usually means the place has been traumatized, often by the people in …
About 35,000 toy items from 190 Japanese and foreign companies are being showcased at International Tokyo Toy Show 2024 that opened Thursday, including classic toys that have evolved with an …
Taoyuan, Taiwan – Visual arts are closely intertwined with Taiwanese history. For evidence, look no further than the National Palace Museum in Taipei, a repository of nearly 700,000 artworks and …
Léon Bakst (1866–1924), Costume design for a nymph in The Afternoon of a Faun (L’Après-midi d’un Faune), 1912. Watercolor, pencil, and gold paint on paper. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, …