Art and Society

The Art Newspaper -  France's cultural sector has breathed a sigh of relief after centrist Emmanuel Macron became elected president of France on Sunday, making the 39-year-old the youngest president in French h...

DW - The polemical filmmaker Michael Moore is preparing a surprise documentary on the US president, called "Fahrenheit 11/9." He says that Donald Trump should be worried about what it will reveal. - read more ...

The Art Newspaper - The Tehran-based artist Atena Farghadani, who was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for her satirical cartoons depicting members of the Iranian government as monkeys and goats,...

Antiques - In April 1914 the Modernist Studios in New York City held an “Exposition of Bad Taste.” Wallpaper patterns that had been popular in the 1880s served as the backdrop for a crowded display comprising “...

DW - He never wanted his success as a musician to affect how people viewed his paintings. As confidently as Paul McCartney has promoted himself and his music, he has remained markedly modest when it comes to hi...

DW - After Sunday's first-round vote, it is now clear that either the centrist Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will be the next president of France. Here's how French cartoonists reacted on...

Artsy - It was 1978, and San Francisco’s gay community was on the hunt for a symbol that represented their fight for equal rights. So Gilbert Baker, a 27-year-old artist and drag queen, began brainstorming. He ...

The Art Newspaper - In the first week of January 1937, six months into the Spanish Civil War, Josep Renau, Republican Spain’s dynamic young director of Bellas Artes, approached Picasso to commission a large wor...