The reason the 1642 group portrait of an Amsterdam civil militia was trimmed is simple: It was moved from the militia’s club house to the town hall and there it didn’t fit on a wall between two doors. A bit of very analogue cropping with a pair of scissors ensued and the painting took on the dimensions that have now been known for centuries. The fate of the pieces of canvas that were trimmed off remains a mystery
The Ethnological Museum in Berlin has 530 historical objects from the ancient kingdom, including 440 bronzes – considered the most important collection outside London’s British Museum. Conversations are ongoing about the details of returning the artworks and whether Berlin may still keep some
Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east -- known as the "Well of Hell" -- is a little-understood natural wonder.
The horse-drawn carriage called the "De Gouden Koets" has been embroiled in a racism controversy over a picture on the left-side panel of the opulent coach, which has undergone an extensive refit.
Libya's eastern city of Benghazi is hosting a rare "week of culture" featuring art, music and theater, as the country attempts to turn the page on a decade of...
Through an open call, Haber chose nine young men and women from different areas around Lebanon, hailing from different religious sects, who he worked with to...
The new Italian Library at the Center for Languages and Translation at the Lebanese University was inaugurated Wednesday by the Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon...
Producers of ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ have tapped Tony-Award-winning set designer David Korins for creative help after they secured a jaw-dropping...
A big part of the problem at the London Symphony Orchestra, said its music director Simon Rattle, is the lack of government support for musicians in Britain....
The student with cerebral palsy, who cannot use her hands or speak, is playing the "Eyeharp", gaze-controlled digital software which allows people with...
The government also revealed Wednesday it intends to sell Channel 4, a publicly-owned but commercially-funded television broadcaster that draws 90 percent of...
Back for its 16th edition, Metropolis Cinema’s much-loved documentary film festival will project 21 local, regional and international films at six venues in...
Disney gave no details on how the 78-year-old was hurt or how badly
Under the Nazis, modern, expressionistic and abstract art was banned and only realistic and naturalistic art was permitted. When Carle was 12 or 13, a high...
A bronze statue of the main god of the kingdom of Saba, located in what is now the Yemeni province of Marib, lies in a dark and fortified room of the Sanaa...
While the French would provide the art and expertise, Jersey City would provide the cash, paying up to $6 million phased in over the cost of the five-year...
Filmmaker Riwa Philipps' work reinterprets the Ayloul Festival archive, reconstructs it around the Feghali house, and interrogates it, using the personal...
The tradition of the singing deliveryman has disappeared across much of the wider region too. In Amman, local authorities have since 2012 required gas vendors...
Dating from to the 12th century, Chamaa Castle suffered significant damage during the 2006 war with Israel. What remains of the structure has now been...
For someone credited with being an architect of the nation, the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell in the Iraqi capital...
During lockdown, Tannir began writing daily, recounting whatever memory came to her mind. Of the 61 pages of recollections that resulted, 16 have been chosen...
Typically, every weekend at an unspecified time, Steve Wasterval publishes on Instagram a photo of a landscape in front of the spot that inspired the...
‘The Anatomy of a Hummus Plate,’ by The Art of Boo, aka Bernard Hage, is a collection of over 250 social and political cartoons, covering the last two years...
Spread over 10 kilometres, Lashkari Bazar is the only known winter residence of the Ghaznavid and Ghurid sultans – two dynasties that ruled a region covering...
The Vatican is home to some of the greatest artworks ever made, and it vigorously protects its right to reproduce them by enforcing its copyright over...
Mansour started working in his father’s bookshop in the 1980s, when he was just 14 years old, then took over in 2000 and soon branched out into publishing. ‘I...
Khouloud Yassine’s solo ‘Heroes - Surface of Revolution’ opens the in-person performances of BIPOD 2021
Voices from Palestine’s creative sector reflect upon their status in the wake of Israeli violence against Palestinians all over the country
As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s "Divine Comedy" as the last of 13 peals of a church...
'These elaborate techniques made it possible to restore the building to its former glory and rehabilitate all its functions,' said Bombardiere, 'ensuring it...
‘More than ever before, architecture is present in our lives, and in our thinking,’ said Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis, the dean of the Massachusetts...
‘Architecture of a Ruined Body’ gathers cultural partners. Staged May 16-June 27 on the festival’s online platform, the program features over 70 artists in 10...
Drawing quizzical head-scratching by many, Non-fungible tokens (digital objects authenticated by blockchain technology) have drawn millions of dollars at...
Divided into five parts, the exhibition first looks at the novel’s Victorian-era influences before moving on to its film, visual art, theatre and dance...
Three of the pieces are believed to have been stolen in the 1970s, smuggled out of Italy and sold to collectors in the United States, Switzerland and Britain....