Art News

While art may be in the eye of the beholder, when it is so huge and well, big and brown, it may be looked on as an eyesore. And for many Muscovites, the suitcase sitting in Red Square, so close to Lenin's Tomb, is nothing less than a sacrilege.

The Rocky Mountains aren't the only reason visitors have their collective breaths taken away when they visit Alberta. Some artificial structures evoke interesting reactions as well.

Los Angeles - The Watts Towers is a modern outdoor art installation that often does not receive the attention it deserves. This permanent fixture adds modern sophistication and a unique point of interest to an often overlooked section of Los Angeles.

A time-lapse map video created by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has documented more than 2,000 nuclear explosions that shook the planet since 1945.

Edmonton - More than 60 lithographs by legendary modernist Marc Chagall, inspired by a Greek fable, have made their way to western Canada for a featured exhibition at the Alberta Art Gallery in Edmonton.

Amsterdam - Dutch museums have identified 139 pieces of art by artists such as Matisse, Klee, and Kandinsky, which may have been forcibly taken from their Jewish owners.

London - British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 89. Caro was considered by many to be the "greatest sculptor of his generation" and was known for his works using industrial metal.

Paris - Little-known to the outside world, Ukraine boasts a budding art scene that is just now taking its first steps towards international exposure.

New York - There’s a special sort of power in the new Balthus exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one combining the whimsy and fearlessness of youth with the tension of the male gaze.

Leandro Granato, an artist from Argentina, snorts water-based paint and then squeezes the paint out of his eyes to create works of art onto a canvas.