Two "rare" paintings by LS Lowry have sold for a combined sum of more than £1.8m. A painting of Senhouse Street in Maryport, Cumbria, went under the hammer at Christie's auction house and sold ...

whose “geometry inspires my architectural designs”; the work of the artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, whose work served as a touchstone for the game’s enemy designs; and “the landscapes of the ...

As the music business reorganizes, some artists are getting dropped from their labels. That isn't always a bad thing. By Elias Leight editor Ricky Montgomery began rehearsing for his tour in late ...

There’s no real turning point for when people started using the word ‘pop music’. Although the advent of rock and roll made music slightly more interesting than the records that someone put on at a ...

Each artist who exhibits at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi has a very different story. Some live around the corner of the bustling beachside area of Bondi, others have travelled hundreds of ...

Stories of haunted paintings have circulated for centuries, and we love these tales because they suggest that the creative process can conjure something far darker than Vantablack. Do some ...

Created by a team led by Aiden Meller, Ai-Da is an ultra-realistic robot designed to look like a human female which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create drawings, painting, and sculptures.

Now, and only now, you may pick up your brush. The Met’s new show about what happens next, “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” makes clear how astonishing it is that paint, of all ...

Coldplay jumps from No. 37 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 (dated Oct. 19), becoming the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time in the chart’s 10-year history, thanks to the group ...

So, you want to start painting miniatures? Welcome. This all-encompassing beginner’s guide on how to paint miniatures takes you through everything you need to know. It’s a broad bible of rock-solid ...

Two works by the late Portuguese artist Paula Rego have gone on show at No.10 Downing Street, the home of the UK prime minister, as part of a major re-hang. According to The Telegraph, Rego’s ...

Bjarne Melgaard’s rise in the art world came with strings attached and an unusual contract with investors. Now he’s suing to regain control of his artwork. Bjarne Melgaard at his studio in Oslo.