One of the most famous and iconic artists today is undoubtedly Vincent van Gogh. He is the most ‘known’ name in the art world ...

The British Museum’s exhibition on the Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) will include Van Gogh’s own ...

Paul Gauguin's Tahitian mistress Tehamana modeled for many of his South Seas works, including the lush Te Nave Nave Fenua (The Delightful Land), 1892. Ohara Museum of Art Paul Gauguin did not lack ...

Cubism, impressionism, expressionism and... Is there anything else? Many artistic currents did not achieve such renown, but ...

To artists like Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin, all of it was also rich fodder for a new approach to painting, showcased in the play of light over a silver pitcher or the slimy floors of a bustling ...

Robyn Kahukiwa, a Māori painter who became one of the most famous artists in Aotearoa New Zealand, died of an illness at 86 ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel literature laureate who challenged Peru's powerful military in the early 1960s, has died at 89 ...

A celebrated author and Nobel literature laureate with Syracuse University ties is dead at age 89. Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa died in Lima, Peru, on Sunday, while surrounded by his family, ...

It gave him a platform for topics like the re-emergence of populism in the Andes, the art of Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin, and his vociferous support for the state of Israel, a frequent theme in ...