An unusual shoot in India goes viral. While the photographer speaks of art, critics accuse her of cruelty to animals. After the animal's death, the accusations come to a head.

As yet another exhibition opens, Dale Shaw argues that the Pop artist’s finest work was The Velvet Underground and not ...

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Catherine Fanning recently hosted a journal making workshop at Ballagh Library. Catherine is the artist researcher for ...

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“Water for Elephants,” now playing in Chicago at the Nederlander Theatre, is set during the tawdry 1930s days of the American circus. This 2024 Broadway musical, an adaptation of the 2006 novel by ...

Kings appeared before their dazzled subjects on elephants whose ivory tusks glittered with gold and silver and whose bodies ...

Robotic elephants are being used in temples across Southern India instead of the real animals, which are usually part of worship. The machines, crafted by mechanical engineer Prasanth Prakashan in ...

Up until last week, I’d long associated Switzerland with boredom and expense. Basel existed for me purely as stressful logistics conducted from afar. Make sure this artwork gets added to the shipment ...

Jane Allan’s winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas Harding An Australian painter was “clearly influenced” by New ...

Animal activists express outrage after a vervet monkey is pinned down and covered in toxic blue paint, raising serious ...