But the newly named Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ousted them on fabricated charges of incompetence. She then issued imperial edicts "from behind the curtains" that she and Dowager Empress Cian ...

But look more closely, and you will see that Sasmita’s art embraces a violent display of femininity that is unmistakably, and fiercely, modern. On large-scale traditional tapestries and Kamasan ...

For Adams, who was born in Baltimore in 1970, painting is a way of “bookmarking” his own personal interests and fixations: Telfar bags, 19th-century ceramics, Kenyan Masai warrior sculptures ...

As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for marking its memories in the public mind. By Sam Lubell Christie’s ...

31.5 x 22.6 cm. (12.4 x 8.9 in.) ...

February 21, 2025 • Several entertainers and artists have severed ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since President Trump assumed chairmanship of the organization.

Although their changes were based on Western ideals, they were not well received by Empress Cixi or many other court officials. They were set in their ways and would have none of the Western ways ...

Painting is a great way to relieve stress, stimulate your imagination and improve your hand-eye coordination. You’ll learn how to work with paint, what brushes to use, how to care for your painting ...