Graffiti as it’s known today began in the 1960s and ’70s in the United States. It arrived in West Africa via Dakar, Senegal, ...
It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name “Chimere” — French for chimera — approached a blank ...
Street art graffiti is spreading in West Africa. In Guinea's capital, an artist from Senegal is transforming city walls and ...
I interviewed the artists while we were still holding our breaths for the return of the 20 living hostages. Art can evoke a ...
They set out to create twisted public sculptures in enduring bronze that would fabricate a “noble” legacy to reinforce the ...
There are also lion statues in places like China, Indonesia and Cambodia, where no lion ever set paw. Elephants, rhinos, ...
A painting of a sunny day in Morocco by former British prime minister Winston Churchill, an 1894 depiction of downtown Toronto by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith and several pieces from one of Toronto's ...
“Grounded,” the newly opened exhibition of relatively recent acquisitions of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County ...
London is considered one of the best cities in the world for free-to-enter museums, which is a joy for those pursuing knowledge, looking for creative inspiration or simply seeking a fun day out. The ...
The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of ...
Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress in the Louvre, using a basket ...