The sky and the universe, with its stars and planets, held a primal spot in ancient Egyptian ontologies with the gods and goddesses of this domain featured prominently in both written myth and visual culture. According to ancient Egyptian myth, the sky and all it contained was one of the first things to be created.
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As November auctions kick off in New York with Sotheby's Modern Art Evening— led by one of Monet’s Nymphéas (circa 1914–17) and Picasso’s La Statuaire (1925)— Sotheby's Geneva had a special lot last week that surprised bidders and spectators.
Paul Mpagi Sepuya is a photographer based in Los Angeles. He takes photographs of friends, acquaintances, and colleagues, communicating with the vast history of figurative photography and portraiture.
Founded in 1913 “for the benefit of all the people forever,” the Cleveland Museum of Art opened in 1916. With more than 600,000 people visiting each year, the CMA is one of the most visited art museums in the world.
Two ideally organized art events in Japan, Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) and Art Week Tokyo (AWT), gave local and international audiences a chance to learn about these cultural capitals in exciting new ways.
Outside the Denver Art Museum (DAM), a banner printed with a detail from an Alma Thomas (1891-1978) painting proclaims one of the celebrated artist’s quotes: “Light is the mother of color.”
Proceeds of Artist in Residence Installation to Benefit Pelican Harbor Seabird Station
British artist and director Steve McQueen has decided to skip the 32nd iteration of Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival following a contentious article written by the festival’s founder and CEO, Marek Żydowicz.
Though often overshadowed by the grand architectural and artistic achievements of the Roman period, the artists and craftspeople of the British Iron Age produced some of the most technically impressive materials in European history.
Stuart Handler’s immense success in commercial real estate and his subsequent philanthropy made such a colossal impact that the University of Illinois-Chicago named its real estate department after him.
