BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian artist Jozsef Szurcsik lost four of his friends in a matter of weeks to COVID-19 and the tremendous pain and grief he feels has transformed his art. Szurcsik, who teaches at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and is one of the... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Wearing a dress she made of eight giant plastic inflatable roses over a wire structure and a headpiece crowned by a globe, Chinese performance artist Kong Ning is using fashion to draw attention to environmental protection on Earth Day. “Ro... More »
ZHELEZNOVODSK, Russia (Reuters) – When an art gallery in southern Russia closed its doors to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, one artist asked to self-isolate there rather than leave his place of work. Sergei Pronin had only just started work as an adm... More »
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Russian artist unveiled four giant paintings of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in central Istanbul on Saturday, saying he wanted to show the good ties between Ankara and Moscow despite differences over Syria and other issues. However ... More »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At first glance the works of Singaporean artist Qixuan Lim have a familiar, edible appearance. But upon a closer look at the sardine tin – and it’s packed with tiny human hearts made of clay, cherubic arms and legs or other human body par... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A performance artist who ate a banana taped to a wall that was an artwork valued at $120,000 said his actions were not vandalism and he does not regret his snack at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida. “I decided in the morning. But I was no... More »
OFRA, West Bank (Reuters) – An American comic book illustrator once feted for a portfolio including Batman and Wonder Woman covers has found a new calling in the Holy Land – drawing the everyday good and bad guys he sees on all sides. Michael Netzer’s own life... More »
OXFORD, England (Reuters) – Wearing a white blouse and her dark hair hanging loose, Ai-Da looks like any artist at work as she studies her subject and puts pencil to paper. But the beeping from her bionic arm gives her away – Ai-Da is a robot. Described as “th... More »
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese artist Christina Atik has produced a series of digital pictures to illustrate sentences commonly used in Arab countries to criticize women with the aim of empowering Arab women. The project tackles issues of female freedom, beauty a... More »
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Desire Koffi often walks through Koumassi, a popular district of Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, to collect old mobile phones that he buys from people for 500 CFA francs ($0.8726) a pair. Back home, the 24-year-old Ivorian artist dismantle... More »
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian artist has a new exhibition depicting political leaders in the style of iconic paintings with the aim of shocking viewers and holding a mirror to current times. Bela Marias, or DrMarias, has been painting politicians for about ... More »
YATED, Israel (Reuters) – The clang of hammer on metal and the roar of a blowtorch can be heard long before you walk into Israeli metal sculptor Yaron Bob’s workshop. Featured prominently in his workshop is a quotation from the Book of Isaiah: “And they shall ... More »
MARRAKECH (Reuters) – In his home in Marrakech, artist Lahcen Iwi brings out a cutter and gets to work, slicing up squares of used tires to craft his sculptures. From dragons to unicorns, Iwi creates his artwork out of tires he collects from landfill sites and... More »
A German-Israeli artist who accuses Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands - by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company's Hamburg headquarters. More »
Paint-brushes and chisels are the familiar tools of painters and sculptors through the ages, but one British artist is creating pictures using an unusual instrument for the visual arts: a typewriter. More »
Data visualiser Hans Hack points to a computer screen showing Aleppo’s destruction projected on a London map, in Berlin, Germany May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The bullet-riddled, bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gle... More »
French artist Abraham Poincheval is seen in a vivarium on the first day of his performance in an attempt to incubate chicken eggs, which takes from 21 to 26 days, at the Palais de Tokyo Museum in Paris, France, March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes French ar... More »
French artist Abraham Poincheval is seen in a vivarium on the first day of his performance in an attempt to incubate chicken eggs, which takes from 21 to 26 days, at the Palais de Tokyo Museum in Paris, France, March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes French ar... More »
French artist Abraham Poincheval poses inside his artwork Pierre (‘Stone’) in Paris, France, February 22, 2017, before entering the rock as part of his project to live inside for a week. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann French artist Abraham Poincheval was freed fro... More »
A painting representing artist Remigio Hernandez and his late wife is seen at his self made ‘Museum of Baby’ at his home in Moron, Cuba, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini Lack of money has not kept Remigio Hernandez from making striking art. Witho... More »
French artist Abraham Poincheval poses inside his artwork Pierre (‘Stone’) in Paris, France, February 22, 2017, before entering the rock as part of his project to live inside for a week. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann French artist Abraham Poincheval embarked on a... More »
Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni stands next to his art instalation ‘Monument’ made from three passenger busses near to the ‘Frauenkirche’ church in Dresden, Germany February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Matthias Schumann Right-wing activists in the eastern German city of Dre... More »
Ninos Thabet, an 18-year-old Christian who studied art at Mosul University, creates miniature replicas of statues destroyed by militants when they overran the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city of Nimrud 2-1/2 years ago, in Erbil, Iraq, January 13, 2017. Picture tak... More »
An artist in Gaza is using henna to create a series of stunning drawings of historically important sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. More »
Like many other young artists her age, 16-year-old Robaba Mohammadi dreams of holding international art exhibitions.The only difference — she draws More »
TOKYO A Japanese court found on Monday an artist not guilty of obscenity for displaying figurines modeled on her vagina, signaling a step towards freedom of expression, although the court fined her for distributing digital data of her genitals. The Tokyo court... More »
TAIPEI A Taiwan artist has refused to see the big picture and instead captured the likeness of president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, to celebrate her inauguration next month, on a single grain of rice. Chen Forng-Shean, who has also sculpted the face of China’s late C... More »
TOKYO An award-winning Japanese manga artist, whose retellings of traditional ghost stories and depictions of the horrors of World War Two helped propel anime to global popularity, died on Monday at the age of 93. Shigeru Mizuki, a beloved household name in Ja... More »
DETROIT Street artist Shepard Fairey, who created the “Hope” poster of Barack Obama in 2008, turned himself into Detroit police on Tuesday on charges he defaced several properties in the city, authorities said. Fairey is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, D... More »
