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'When the audience carries the work, that’s when it feels most meaningful'.

What first comes to mind when you think of medieval art? Perhaps you envision a religious image that reflects the artist’s rather somber sentiments at the time. What many of us don’t realize is that medieval artwork has a vibrant, humorous side. These paintings are just some of the many…

A new campaign by Mexico City’s Historic Center Trust aims to encourage Mexicans to rediscover the religious and architectural heritage at the heart of the nation's capital

Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman has completed a colossal handwritten Quran manuscript after six years of work

Police have made the first arrest more than a year after over 600 culturally significant artefacts were stolen from a Bristol museum archive in a late-night raid. A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, while detectives continue to appeal for help identifying four other suspects…

The pop icon shared a series of posts on Instagram documenting her visit, including photographs of herself with Tracey Emin inside the artist’s studio

Her mother Siobhan said Grace was ‘loved by so many people’ and ‘only starting her life’.

The secret side of Japan’s warrior class, Holzer lights up Scunthorpe, Julia Phillips steels herself and Quentin Blake takes off in Dorset – all in your weekly dispatch

The sculptor said the project will be a protest against Elon Musk’s commercialisation of space

French conservationists warn 1,000-year-old artwork could be damaged by vibrations on road journey to London

Installation remembers the names of over 18,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza between October 2023 and July 2025