Similarly, Buddhist goma fire ceremonies involve priests burning wooden sticks in sacred flames to symbolize the eradication of ignorance and desire. Rengoku’s own techniques reflect this duality: His ...

This is not an entrance that suits everybody. Southern entrances are considered diabolical in Vastu, as this direction is ruled by Yama, the god of death. “While most Vastukars consider south-facing ...

The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

Experts think the renowned Austrian Symbolist painted the artwork in 1897. An art gallery in Vienna has priced it at $16 ...

With his engineering background, he thought about his work differently from how other artists did. His abiding interest was ...

But De Groft’s death in January, which came, according to his obituary, after an unnamed brief illness, has closed the door on the legal proceedings. “Today, the Orlando Museum of Art ...

But that painting, like the few others that purport to show Jane, all date from after her death. Now English Heritage says a Tudor-era work could be a “live” painting of Jane. The portrait ...

“Crude Oil (Vettriano)” was listed by Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus, who acquired the painting in 2011 ... no suspicious circumstances around his death. Banksy chose to subvert Vettriano ...

their actions had resulted in her death. "Due to a singular belief in the healing power of God… she was deprived of the one thing that would most definitely have kept her alive." Elizabeth would ...

Three piglets have vanished from a controversial Denmark art exhibit in which they were ... Evaristti has said he has experienced outrage and death threats against him and his family following ...