An art form all its own, Japanese tattoos have both been influenced by the history of art, and shaped it.
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“I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.” Frida Kahlo
As peaceful and violent protests have taken over big and small cities, monuments and statues devoted to controversial historical figures have become a major site of conflict.
How the popular sport serves as a potent metaphor for social concerns
Banksy's mural, which depicts a woman shrouded in a veil, was part of a makeshift memorial at the site of the deadly terrorist attack at the Bataclan music hall in Paris.
Lotte Laserstein’s career flourished in the Weimar Republic. But she fled the Nazis and sank into obscurity. Now she has been rediscovered.
The British artist behind Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s magical contraptions is back in the spotlight after one of his kinetic sculptures was sold in London,
Andrea del Verrocchio pushed his students and painting as a whole to new heights. Why was his legacy neglected for centuries?
