This year’s 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake has brought to my mind the two devastating quakes that struck ...

Saudi-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani is staging “Standing by the Ruins,” marking her first institutional European solo show ...

Cities across the U.S. are increasingly turning to murals as tools for placemaking, cultural expression and neighborhood ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Byzantine mosaic in Dara, revealing the Greek-influenced city's military and religious ...

In an excerpt from his new book “Paris in Ruins,” critic Sebastian Smee breaks down the charged, extravagantly expressive portraits between the painters Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet.

The works show few, or mostly, no audience at all, but paintings on the walls. The audience's attention is drawn to the ...

The problem with municipal art often lies in the way that it is commissioned – blandified by committees so it appeals to all.

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

From bombed-out churches to rubble-strewn streets, Ukrainians are rescuing art and memory ...

A small town in Italy has transformed itself from a declining community to vibrant tourist destination with 140 colorful ...

An Italian “ghost town” is now attracting thousands of tourists and reversed its demise – by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 Instagramable murals on the sites of shops and homes. Stornara ...

Pedro Alonzo’s Boston Public Art Triennial reframes civic space as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange grounded in trust.