A Grahame Sydney painting has sold for a record price at an auction in Wellington. Night House II, painted in 1995, sold for $160,000 at Dunbar Sloane's New Zealand & International Fine Art sale on Wednesday night. It is the most anyone has paid for a ...full story

The toilet, in Osaka's Nakanoshima Park is still working. All the sounds are fully audible to guests. Japanese contemporary artist Tatzu Nishino transformed the public loo into a one room hotel as part of the Osaka Canvas Project, a public art event ...full story

SOMALIAN head rests, a black and white photograph of a basket of freshly caught fish and exotic jewellery inspired Rosa Tato's community art project at a public housing tower in North Melbourne. To be launched this afternoon by newly elected Melbourne ...full story

Sydney already has a few good art galleries but, having visited many others overseas, I'd hesitate to call them "world-class" or "landmark" - so why not build one? Sure, there are already proposals for the Barangaroo site to include a national ...full story

DUBAI: Dubai Ladies Club, a member of Dubai Women Establishment, on Sunday announced that the upcoming third Arab Women Leadership Forum – on Nov.19 and 20 in Grand Hyatt Dubai — will include a special art exhibit titled, “Woman: Spirit of the ...full story

Dubai has mixed-use creative spaces aplenty these days, with non-profit foundations and art spaces offering ever more artist residencies to those looking to concentrate on their craft. Abu Dhabi's mega-museums may be in the pipeline, but the capital ...full story

Movie and Art aficionados should clear their schedule on Tuesday night when XVA's Movie Nights return to Dubai.Taking place at the gallery's Al Bastakiya location, the event is the second time that the artists' hub will transform itself into an outdoor ...full story

Just like Nabavi's other “weapons”, Canon is an obvious work of art: the pretty colours, with delicately dancing reflections and scintillating surfaces, are a sharp contrast with the destructive meaning of this object. Presented by Ayyam Gallery of ...full story

9 at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts. Although Hokusai is known to have been born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), other details about how he spent his life are not well known. But there is a clue in one line Hokusai wrote in his later years in a ...full story

MANILA, Philippines—Art is definitely not just for art's sake as more than 40 sculptors showcase their works in a one-day exhibit-sale for the benefit of children with heart disease. The exhibit, dubbed Alay Sining, is organized by the Rotary Club of ...full story