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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla, expanding a quiet but strategic collaboration that’s been underway behind the scenes for two years. According to the Art Newspaper, the deal, signed this week by NMAA director Chase Robinson and RCU chief executive Abeer […]

The newly discovered relief depicts King Ashurbanipal in a divine conference with two preeminent Assyrian deities.

There’s no doubt that in the 21st century, contemporary aesthetics have flourished in a subversive, powerful way.

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Mevlana Lipp, a German contemporary artist based in Düsseldorf, combines painting and sculpture to create striking, relief-like artworks that seem to pulse with life. His surreal, plant-like forms blur the boundary between reality and imagination, evoking deep emotional and subconscious connections. With solo exhibitions across Venice, Shanghai, Antwerp, and Copenhagen, Lipp has built an international […]

Andrey Shcherbak (previously featured), the creative director of a Moscow advertising agency, spends his free time photoshopping enormous cats into his pictures. These oversized felines seem to follow him everywhere—emerging from arches, leaping and playing in the background, engaging in sports, lounging by his side, peeking out from beneath stairs and around corners, and even […]

Two organizations said they could no longer fulfill their duties to their respective communities.

The annual list has roots dating back to 1954.

While photo sales at auction were down 5.6 percent last year, this segment fared much better compared to the broader art market.

A 35-day trek to the South Sandwich Islands led to remarkable new discoveries.

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