A new book on the ultimate diva of 20th-century Arab singing Um Kolthoum describes a woman who had a determination that ...

A bottle of Egyptian blue hand mixed by George Washington Carver (c. 1864-1943) was loaned by the Iowa State archives.

Koyo Kouoh, who will curate the 2026 Venice Biennale, has assembled a huge survey at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in ...

Born in 1898 in a small Nile Delta village, Umm Kulthum rose from humble beginnings to become the most celebrated voice in the Arab world. Her father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Art Cairo has returned to the Grand Egyptian Museum for the third time, but both the fair and its venue are markedly ...

Museums in Turin don't merely display their collections: they do so with panache, in monuments more than a match for the ...

A decade back, a prominent art gallery in Delhi presented an unusual show. It focussed on one of India’s most famous political artists, Chittaprosad Bhattachary ...

Egyptian actor Maged El-Kedwany is one of those artists that everyone knows and loves. He has 30 films to his name, special appearances in television series and roles in the theatre. Starring in Ahmed ...

His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical ...

A PRETTY UK city has two rather unusual claims to fame – with the home of chocolate and a massive Viking event. Hundreds of ...

But as she slumped in a folding chair outside the gates of the British prime minister’s office on day 129 of a hunger strike, she was just a mother — a mom trying to win freedom for her son who has ...