A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island

In works that included “Blood Knot,” “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and “The Island,” he exposed the realities of racial separatism in his homeland.

A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island The South African playwright and director Athol Fugard, whose works included the play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and the novel Tsotsi,…

In 1679, the commentator Joachim von Sandrart described Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) as a painter who had perfected the art of the miniature and of flower painting, a high and deserved honour. Pos...

Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...

On the Adamant documents how art allows patients to translate confounding experiences into imagery — what one might call the poetry of the everyday.

We all breathe the same air and, in doing so, share in the zeitgeist of the age. On a microcosmic level this tends to promote conformist attitudes, a sort of group-think among humans with shared in…

Celebrating Transformative Voices in Environmental Storytelling Vital Impacts proudly announces the recipients of our 2024-2025 Environmental Photography Grants and Mentorships, recognizing the…

Koyo Kouoh has been appointed with the specific task of curating the 61st International Art Exhibition to be held in 2026.

Dode mensen herdenken we op kerkhoven of met monumenten. Maar hoe rouw je om alle verdwijnende planten, schimmels en dieren? Verdriet om wat we zelf vernielen. ‘Als je deze gevoelens wegduwt, geef je…

What does attending to a field of cattle have in common with making art? Agrarian artist Sarah Browne on the entangled worlds of humans and domesticated animals.

The celebrated South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach has died at 85. He used his art to fight for justice for marginalised people throughout his life.

“I find it all very difficult,” the late German-born British artist said, and few painters have done as much to show the struggle of creative endeavor.

She pours or even tosses paint on to a canvas – to see where it takes her. The results range from myths to massacres, bound heads to Satan. In a rare interview, the great artist reveals what drives her

The artist tells Hyperallergic about how the isolation of COVID-19 led to a streaming series set wholly within the bounds of his studio.

From her early associations with the ‘Geometry of Fear’ school of sculpture, Frink went on to evoke any number of strong emotions, writes Mary Wellesley

Reflecting on a photographer we all seem to admire

Her figures are in a state of unrelenting grief about what it means to be human and to feel powerless about so much that happens to ourselves and others.

An exhibition at The Met celebrates the work of self-taught artist Mary Sully, who neither exhibited nor profited from her work during her lifetime.

An illustrated list, with descriptions, of books about women artists, written for children and/or young readers.

The director of I Am Not Your Negro focuses on the South African photographer who covered an apartheid in his homeland before working in the US

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans • Read about the rise of Japanese fiction in Britain The City and Its Uncertain Walls is based on a novella you wrote in 1980. Why…

Conservationists failed to capture elusive insects this summer, so Kristina Kenda offered to step in

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret? • Read an an exclusive Q&A with Haruki Murakami Anyone who has been in…

A cache of notes that will be auctioned this week include the artist’s instructions to her bronze foundry and show how deeply involved she was with the casting process Barbara Hepworth’s stone and bronze sculptures are recognised around the world for…