French artist JR is in the process of erecting what he calls the "largest immersive installation ever created" over the Pont Neuf, Paris's oldest bridge. The work, titled...
Archaeologists working in northern Laos have discovered the remains of at least 37 people inside a single massive stone jar, offering the first direct evidence that the enigmatic...
Sotheby's announced on Wednesday that it will auction a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named "Gus" as the centerpiece of its annual Geek Week sales this July, carrying an estimate...
A banana duct-taped to a wall — the perishable core of one of the most polarizing works in contemporary art — was stolen from a museum in eastern...
Franco-Iranian graphic novelist, filmmaker, and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, whose autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis became one of the most celebrated works of comics literature, has died in Paris at...
Pace Gallery, one of the art world's most prominent institutions, announced Thursday that it is cutting approximately 50 artists from its roster and laying off around 50 staff...
Barcelona's Sagrada Família has reached its final height of 172.5 meters with the completion of the Tower of Jesus Christ, making it the tallest church building in the...
A one-of-a-kind luxury handbag made from lab-grown material derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils is being auctioned today at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris, with estimates between €300,000 and...
A new non-invasive method using fractal mathematics can distinguish authentic Van Gogh paintings from forgeries by analyzing the microscopic texture of brushstrokes, according to research published on June...
David Hockney, one of Britain's most celebrated artists, whose paintings of Los Angeles swimming pools shimmering in the California sunshine became icons of 20th-century art, died on Thursday...