Climate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream in Oslo on Friday to protest against Norway's oil industry, but guards intervened and the artwork was undamaged, police said.

A dynamic new initiative envisions a sustainable art ecosystem in Bali.

Five paintings entered the exclusive club of works of art sold for more than $100 million at auction, the New York auction house said, in a sign that the art market continues to grow despite economic uncertainties related to the war in Ukraine and inflation.

Many believe that the digital world has us estranged from the real world. But is it true? These days, isn't the digital world also the “real world"? We are never truly separated from the Internet, after all.

Climate protesters glued themselves to an Andy Warhol painting at the National Art Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of activist demonstrations in art galleries around the world.

The Rasasastra artistic collective is seeking to take the creative process to new heights by engaging budding avant-garde artists and the public alike through the Union Art Festival, its collaboration with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Art experts in the Netherlands unveiled an oil sketch by the famous Dutch master Rembrandt after it languished for a century in a forgotten corner of a museum, believed to be an imitation.

A Dutch court on Wednesday sentenced two climate activists to two months in jail, one of them suspended, for targeting Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, news agency ANP said.

In past weeks, the story of an Egyptian pop star admitted into a rehabilitation facility has spilled beyond celebrity gossip, and sparked new debate on women's rights in the conservative country.

Indonesian artists share their aesthetic take on sustainability in Distrik Seni X, an art space at Sarinah, Jakarta’s oldest and most iconic mall.

Murai Art Projects presents a unique exhibition that combines artistic flair and functional furniture designs. 

A large retrospective of the avant garde artist's work went on display Saturday at the Kunstsammlung museum in Dusseldorf, and one of the pieces on show is "New York City 1", painted in 1941.

Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged.

Bandung's Selasar Sunaryo Art Space and Jakarta's Kopi Manyar hosts a tribute introductory exhibition to Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier through recreated architectural models of his works.

A laser-powered study of the sprawling metropolis of Calakmul in southern Mexico offers tantalizing new evidence that it may have been the most crowded ancient Maya urban center during the civilization's classical peak some 1,300 years ago.

Batik artisans in Lasem, Central Java, strive to continue their family businesses and keep traditional legacies alive.

French abstract artist Pierre Soulages, who has died aged 102, was the Henry Ford of painting: For him there was just one color, black, and he spent a lifetime exploring the light within it.

Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed figures controlled by robotics instead of people.

Warna Bali is a landmark exhibit that takes visitors on a visual experience of traditional Balinese color philosophy through contemporary art.

Tapestry's planned expansion in China is unusual, both for the company's willingness to tap lower-tier cities where most Western competitors are reluctant to tread.

An Argentine artist has painted a giant mural of late soccer legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires to commemorate what would have been the World Cup winner's 62nd birthday at the end of October.

Amateur Ukrainian artists Varvara Hamianin and Vitalii Korzenenko raise awareness about the plight of their country’s women and children after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February.

The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) has become one of the most popular fixtures on Indonesia’s cultural calendar. This year, the festival will be held from Oct. 27 to 30, bringing together more than 150 writers, activists, artists and performers.

Swiss author Kim de l'Horizon shaved their head on stage after winning the prestigious German Book Prize on Monday in a show of solidarity with the women protesting in Iran.

Authorities in northern Iraq on Sunday unveiled an "archaeological park" of 2,700-year-old carvings from the rule of the Assyrians, showing kings praying to the gods.

In its current exhibition, Jakarta's Rachel Gallery sought to introduce the increasingly rare art of drawings and etchings to a new generation of Indonesian artists and art enthusiasts.

With the number of Hollywood musical adaptations popular with local film fans, the question is: Where are Indonesia’s musicals?

Fifty years on from Pablo Picasso's death -- and five years after the #MeToo movement started highlighting celebrities' abuse of women -- a new exhibition in Paris focuses on one of the early partners of the controversial artist.

Syria on Wednesday revealed a remarkably intact 1,600-year-old Roman-era mosaic including depictions of warriors in the Trojan War, with authorities hailing it as one of the "rarest" found.

In the past two years, arak Bali has grown from a drink with a sinister reputation to an acclaimed product gifted to foreign dignitaries. What’s the story?