Escobedo’s job has been to replace the real-life counterpart of one of those blocks — the dispiriting and awkward modern-and-contemporary-art wing at the museum’s southwest corner — with a new home ...

Since its opening on Dec. 11, 2004, Istanbul Modern has welcomed over 10 million visitors and provided free art education to more than 1 million children and young people. As the museum celebrates its ...

Iran spent decades and billions of dollars building a network of militias and governments that allowed it to exercise political and military influence across the Middle East, and deter foreign ...

For more from London's art world, sign up for our new (free) newsletter and community: Londonist: Urban Palette. The following is written from the perspective of someone with enjoys a bit of ...

Calligraphy transcends cultures and languages and offers unique blend of artistic expression and cultural heritage while ...

Rejecting orthogonal geometry, the museum seamlessly merges art, architecture ... artworks woven in a factory in Aubusson from modern painters. However, it was twelve years later that he expressed ...

When he returned home in 2011, after a five-year stint in an American-run prison camp in Iraq, it was as the emissary of Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Jawlani arrived in Syria with ...

Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange who spent more than 60 years on Wall Street, has died aged 83. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the ...