art

Picasso painting sells for $103 million in New York: auction house

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Pablo Picasso's "Woman sitting by a window (Marie-Therese)" sold Thursday for $103.4 million at…

China promotes its ‘heroic’ battle against virus in new exhibition

by Patrick BAERT BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese workers raise their fists beside a red communist flag in a painting…

Chinese ‘light painter’ takes artistic inspiration from virus

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese artist has paid tribute to doctors and nurses and their months-long battle to treat…

WATCH: Filipino Artist Elmer Calata shares ideas on creating artwork

WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — Elmer Calata, Filipino-American artist, based in Washington DC, talks with Eagle News International, Washington DC,…

Nigerian contemporary art booms and prices soar

by Célia Lebur  LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- First there was Tutu, the "African Mona Lisa" sold last year for 1.5…

In a London workshop, artisans craft bespoke globes

by Joe JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- In 2008, Peter Bellerby set out to buy his father a high…

US university to cover Christopher Columbus murals

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- The University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest and most prestigious US centers of…

Black heritage museum, ‘crucible of creativity’, opens in Dakar

by Malick Rokhy BA Agence France Presse DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- A museum showcasing black heritage from the dawn of…

Three museums to visit in Seoul

  By Emily Manuel Contributor Eagle News and Features    Seoul is known as the land of K-Drama and K-Pop.…

Robin Williams memorabilia fetches $6.1 million in NY

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Art, film memorabilia and personal effects owned by the late actor Robin Williams…

Art rebels Basquiat and Schiele face off in Paris shows

by Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE / Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Two new major exhibitions opening…

The Indian artist drawing portraits with a typewriter

by Peter Hutchison Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ding rings out from a home in India's…

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