"My interest is how you can augment things you love and cherish to do something else, give them extra functionalities," said Heiss, who is also a lecturer in interior design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. ...full story

This tale of two art shows— only four months apart—is instructive. In the first week of December, Bhavna Kakar, who runs the Latitude 28 gallery in New Delhi, hosted a group show titled Class of 2008, featuring new masters' of fine arts (MFA) graduates ...full story

Most of the artists are not from Mumbai. Rakesh Kumar, a post-graduate from Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai, returned to his hometown Srinagar after completing his studies. He now teaches fine arts in Srinagar, and continues to paint. ...full story

In 2005 it was the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which sent an impressive group of Dutch masters to Melbourne when all but a small section was closed; last year it was the Picasso Museum in Paris, which mounted an exhibition of the master's works in ...full story

By Yael Buencamino MANILA, Philippines – One Saturday afternoon in March, a friend and I headed to the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts thesis presentations to check out what the new batch of artists was up to. ...full story

Celebrate Asian Contemporary Art Week at the Rubin Museum. Jakkai Siributr, one of Thailand's leading contemporary artists, talks about his exhibit "Lucky Ware" with writer Lawrence Osborne. "Lucky Ware" looks at the current condition of Buddhism in ...full story

Contemporary Chinese art peaked two years ago, and Mr. Saatchi memorialized it last year with the show “The Revolution Continues: New Art From China,” in his new space. Since then, prices for these artists have tumbled. And on Thursday night Mr. ...full story

"Friedlander" and "Art and Power in the Central African Savanna" continue through May 31. June 27 is the public opening of the new Rafael Vinoly east wing, and "Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the ...full story

The committee was formed two months back and has planned a surprise for Mumbai's art lovers. “We are working on a calendar with a planned cycle of six upcoming exhibitions and exchange programmes with other nations,” says Hoskote. ...full story

By THE NEW YORK TIMES The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: ...full story