This year’s Art Basel, the world’s top contemporary art fair, painted a portrait of a troubled planet, with works embodying the relentless pursuit of happiness and the fragility of democracies. The ...

Art and Culture Steve McQueen presents a portrait of protest in Britain Turner Contemporary’s groundbreaking exhibition Resistance reframes the history of protest, reminding us of photography’s ...

After decades of “staying within the lines” of traditional Native art, Indigenous artists are increasingly moving into the contemporary art space.

New Exhibition Features Contemporary Portraits Honoring Forgotten Black Abolitionists Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum is spotlighting the men and women who fought to end slavery but ...

Set amid the serenity of Hyde Park, the Serpentine Galleries are a cornerstone of London’s contemporary art scene. Exhibiting ...

How These Contemporary Artists Are Redefining Family and Kinship Explore the enduring bonds and intimacies of modern love at the National Portrait Gallery ...

Art & Exhibitions A Major Show of Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern Considers the Medium As a Tool for World-Building. Here Are 5 Exhibiting Artists You Need to Know Osei Bonsu walks ...

Amy Sherald — the visionary behind Michelle Obama’s iconic portrait — is once again making history. Next fall, she will become the first contemporary Black artist to have a solo exhibition ...

Ohan Breiding: Belly of a Glacier, an experimental film and photographic installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass Moca), reflects memories literally frozen in time. In ...

Yasumasa Morimura is a contemporary Japanese appropriation artist whose work consists of inserting his face and body into portraits of artists and celebrities from history. View Yasumasa Morimura’s ...

One might expect a striking new art museum to pop up in Beijing or Shanghai – but not a small mountain city in northern China. The Lianzhou Museum of Photography (LMP), which opened in December, ...