Whoops, the New Skating Rink Is Encroaching on Luciano Pavarotti
“Nessun Dorma?” More like “Ice, Ice Baby,” as a statue in Italy is overshadowed.
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Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum
The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years.
The artist Luke Jerram on the tree-planting project he’ll never see finished
This may be a midlife crisis, says man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in 100-year project in SomersetLuke Jerram – whose art installations have travelled the world – is philosophical about his late…
The Netherlands Will Return Looted Pharoah-Era Artifact to Egypt
The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European art fair in Maastricht.
Inspired by Rome’s Pantheon: Antony Gormley and Tadao Ando’s Art Cave
The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
Eight Shows to See While Art Basel Paris is On
An array of paintings, as well as textiles, films and handblown glass, will be on display across the French capital this month, while Art Basel Paris is on.
Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display.
Why the Graffiti Artist Fonki Finds Inspiration in Angkorian Sculpture
The artist Fonki developed a graffiti style that blends ancient motifs with scenes of modern Cambodia.
Bank of England show to remember lost splendours of Sir John Soane building
Exhibition explores Bank’s former grandeur and its rebuilding under Sir Herbert Baker that began 100 years agoA century ago the wrecking ball demolished the halls, courtyards, arches and domes of one of London’s best-loved buildings in what the archite…
Relics From an Ancient Egyptian ‘Party Town’ Are Pulled Out of the Sea
Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.