Art

Hong Kong, Oct 8, 2020 - A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll from the Yuan Dynasty fetched HK$306.6 million (US$41.8 million) at a Sotheby’s auction...

New York, Sept 24, 2020 - A painting by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli could fetch over US$80 million when it goes under the...

Binan, Philippines, Sept 9, 2020 - When the coronavirus struck and cost Mary Mae Dacanay her factory job in the Philippines, the 23-year-old came...

Hanoi, Aug 28 -- Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems...

Hanoi, Aug 19 — Squinting in concentration, Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thi Ha An drops a bright red chili onto a bowl of pho noodles...

Tokyo, July 31, 2020 - Some of Japan’s best-known artists are finding new avenues of expression in areas such as online communication and the...

Paris, July 30, 2020 - Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards...

Rome, July 17, 2020 - Italy on Tuesday handed back to France a mural painted by British street artist Banksy which was stolen from...

Paris, July 6, 2020 — The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reopens after its coronavirus closure today, but with nearly a third of...

Bagan, July 6, 2020 — A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar’s sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers...