In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

The exhibition features works from important institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and private ...

Just Stop Oil is to stop throwing soup on paintings and slow marching in streets as it announces its final protest. In a statement, the environmental campaign group said: "Just Stop Oil's initial ...

The idea isn’t just about enjoying art; it’s backed by science. A 2019 World Health Organization report highlighted the numerous mental health benefits of engaging with the arts. From reducing ...

Such was the case in November 2024, when a leading AI firm, Art Recognition, published its analysis of Rembrandt’s The Polish Rider—a painting that famously confounded scholars and led to many ...

A striking and little known landscape painting, it was done in the countryside outside the asylum. It went to Hugo Nathan, of the London art advisors Beaumont Nathan, for an unnamed private client.

Top art lenders have asked borrowers for more pictures ... Specialist lenders in the $40bn sector have issued margin calls as the value of paintings pledged against loans has fallen, asking ...