Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ is one of the most famous images in the art world. Now historians and art buffs are saying we have it all wrong.
Marriott Bonvoy has made a list of Joburg’s top five art galleries, showcasing the city’s rich, culturally diverse contemporary art scene.
Pop artist aleXsandro Palombo has animated the Royals in the style of the Simpsons, and he’s done it pretty damn well.
A man walked into an art gallery in Moscow, casually removed a painting from the wall, and strolled out. He didn’t enjoy a happy ending, though.
The award-winning Sugar-daddy Theatre Company is back with a new play, ‘Blueberry Toast’, which has plenty of twists and turns to enjoy.
A painting of a European man, generated by AI, has fetched 43 times more than its estimated value at a Christie’s auction. But is it art?
Banksy has admitted that his stunt at the Sotheby’s auction of his famous ‘Girl With Balloon’ painting didn’t go exactly as planned.
Experts have analysed the careers of more than 20 000 scientists, 3 000 artists, and 6 000 filmmakers, proving that the career hot streak is, in fact, an actual thing.
You see it everywhere – Cape Town, Jozi, Durban, and even in the farmlands. But how much do you really know about the South African graffiti scene?
Many of the world’s most famous artists died without the fame and fortune now associated with their names, but that is not the case for David Hockney.
You’re pretty stoked with that Instagram photo that received just shy of 100 likes, aren’t you? How about flogging a photo for a cool R60 million?
Bryan Lewis Saunders undertook an ambitious art project that saw him getting high on various mind-altering drugs while sketching himself daily.
As Jim Carrey continues to shine in his new role as an artist, his social commentary is sharper than ever. His latest is an interpretation of the Zuck.
If you thought you were the only one whose vision gets clouded over when staring at abstract pieces of modern day art, Will Ferrell and Joel McHale are here to prove you’re not alone.
Every so often, Jim Carrey drops a satirical piece of artwork depicting current events in the White House. Many weren’t too impressed with the subject of his latest work.
Waking up to a rat in a clock, New Yorkers were excited to realise that Banksy was back in the city to shake things up.
Africa’s Mona Lisa sold. Hope Hicks resigns. Walmart changes gun rules. Spotify to list. China condoms too small for Zim. Keith Richards bemoans modern drugs.
With more than 200 works from the past six decades now on display, David Hockney’s retrospective has once again reminded everyone why he is so popular.
Yes, that is a plastic fork stuck into a cushion. Local comedian Simmi Areff popped into an art exhibition on Wednesday and he wasn’t very impressed.
As overt sexual aggression ccontinues to come under the microscope, one New Yorker is requesting that The Met removes art that features the nude female form.
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” smashed records when it sold on auction last week, but it’s also made some in the art world turn a little ugly.
After disappearing from the public eye for a couple of centuries, one of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces is set to go up for auction today.
So you’re off to the Zeitz MOCAA museum to earn your cultural stripes – cool, but if you match the artwork you might end up in a gallery like this.
We often feature the results from various photography competitions around the world, because who doesn’t like looking at beautiful photos. Here’s something different.
This weekend, the Zeitz MOCAA opens its doors FOR FREE to the public. If you happen to be in Cape Town, you should definitely add it to your to-do list.
Jake Aikman’s work has never set foot outside a gallery until now, when he was commissioned to paint a three-storey mural in Kiev. Check it.
Basquiat sells for ‘mind-blowing’ cash. Madman kills at Times Square. Controversial CEO dies. Henri ‘may have injured himself’. Rand pummelled. Son sues lottery dad. Leo single. Taylor’s Brit obsession.
The quest to find out the real identity of the elusive Banksy continues, and the author of a new book thinks he has uncovered the mystery.
Damien Hirst is back with what has been called the biggest modern-day conceptual art effort, complete with 189 pieces of works. Let’s look inside.
The deep love Kanye West has for himself has inspired others to love him just as much, or hate him even more – here’s an ode from the fromer.