Arts & Culture
Artists in China's Dafen village once produced 60 percent of new oil paintings worldwide, but Dafen is now under threat.
by Al Jazeera Staff
Art
by Zaheena Rasheed
Saudi Arabia
Painting
Witness
Opinion13 Apr 2017 13:23 GMT
The former US president's book of paintings depicting US soldiers is nothing more than an image reconstruction project.
by M Neelika Jayawardane
Opinion10 Apr 2017 14:11 GMT
Cliche East vs West paradigms need to yield to the notion of art beyond borders.
by Hamid Dabashi
Opinion02 Apr 2017 06:22 GMT
Dana Schutz's painting Open Casket raises many questions about depiction of racial violence in contemporary US society.
Muslim Ban31 Jan 2017 18:33 GMT
Syrian Khaled Akil, whose work is being exhibited in California, joins artists protesting discriminatory travel ban.
Opinion14 May 2016 08:03 GMT
Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States.
Arts & Culture28 Feb 2016 07:51 GMT
With the help of local and international artists, residents of Oklha have transformed their community into art havens.
Art05 Dec 2015 08:08 GMT
A Syrian-run art centre is giving refugees the chance to continue pursuing their passions in Turkey's cultural capital.
Opinion27 May 2015 10:17 GMT
Art is being used as a tool to overcome trauma and displacement and to forge a new Latin American identity.
by Patricia Boero
Arts & Culture17 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT
Prized works by new and old sell for record sums at recent Christie's and Sotheby's auctions in the UK.
Arts & Culture29 Oct 2014 21:02 GMT
Over 3,500 volunteers sign up to help transcribe documents and catalogue artifacts , to make them available online.
Arts & Culture15 Oct 2014 03:29 GMT
Show at National Gallery brings together Dutch artist's masterpieces owned by museums around the world.
Arts & Culture11 Oct 2014 19:47 GMT
Downtown Hong Kong turns into open air gallery with protesters putting up sketches, paintings and posters.