Enrique Metinides made an art out of looking at people looking at death
The photographer's images of disaster combine grisly detail with gifted composition, and implicate the viewer as much as the gathering crowds at the scene
The photographer's images of disaster combine grisly detail with gifted composition, and implicate the viewer as much as the gathering crowds at the scene
Women artists have long been underrepresented on the world stage. On International Women's Day, we celebrate some notable recent attempts at change
Christopher Le Brun PRA discusses the musical and mythological inspirations behind his work as an exhibition of his new paintings opens across two US venues
Alfred Basbous was inspired by European modernists, but also tapped into an ancient and timeless sculptural tradition
Auction highlights this month include a surprisingly good group of American paintings at Christie's London
Theaster Gates is best known for the regeneration project he initiated in the South Side of Chicago. Such social engagement is crucial to his work
A run-down of the most talked-about pieces at this year's Armory Show in New York
The McDonald's branch where you can now visit an archaeological site while you nibble your McNuggets
A new exhibition charts the transformation of watercolour painting in the USA, from an overlooked sideshow to a major cultural movement
The second lady is a vocal advocate of art therapy and an art historian has joined the National Security Council
The Catalan artist's large, earthy paintings at Timothy Taylor have unexpectedly intimate and spiritual concerns
There are more art business courses than ever, but does the discipline need to define itself more clearly?
Art News Daily: 27 February
How has the Guggenheim Bilbao changed the city in the 20 years since it opened – and should other cities still try to copy its example?
The Czartoryski family owned one of the greatest art collections in Poland. Why have they sold it to the Polish state?
In 1954, the young David Hockney made a lithograph of his local chippie and gave it to the owners. It hung above the fryer for years
What does the style and subjects of the artist known as the ‘Berlin Painter’ tell us about vase-painting in 5th-century Athens?
The artistic achievements of the Mamluks rival those of the Renaissance, argued Mahonri Sharp Young in a 1981 issue of Apollo
Désiré Feuerle talks to Apollo about his collection of Asian and contemporary art and its unusual underground home
Yuko Mohri talks about looking for leaks on the Tokyo metro system and her new installation at White Rainbow in London