It used to be banana leaves, corn husk, even animal hide. Modern alternatives can be a confusing array. Where did they come from? How does one pick?

Art Fills the Void, the banana wall mural along Southeast 12th Avenue at Division Street, isn’t the most intricate or ambitious street art in Portland, or even in its neighborhood. That title ...

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Artists and collectors once dismissed as tacky have been gaining power. They may hold the key's to the art industry's future.

Art enthusiasts, for centuries, might have vouched that spending time looking at or engaging in artistic activities brings down stress levels and is therapeutic, but now there is more scientific ...

but when the art piece consists of a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall, its artistic merit — and price tag — becomes hard to justify. “In 2019, the talented and witty conceptual artist, Maurizio ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Greek police officers walk outside the National Gallery, as Nikolaos Papadopoulos, member of parliament of ...

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No painting in the world is more famous or valuable than Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’. The portrait of Lisa Gherardini, a woman with an enigmatic smile, this painting is hailed as the ...

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Production designer Stephen Phelps with his art director Ryan Fitzgerald, also from South Glens Falls, set up the final scene in the Oscar-winning “Anora.” Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Oscar ...