Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs.

Rhoda Roberts AO, the arts executive who had an enduring impact on the cultural life of this country, has died. The Widjabul ...

The American actor and fellow collector John Wilkerson wanted to “spread the word” about the paintings they love.

In October last year, Mumbrella called for submissions from the communications and PR industry for sessions at CommsCon, our annual comms conference.Among the submissions was one that looked ...

A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as ...

The Triennial of Indigenous art, especially because of its comprehensive brief, is a good opportunity to reflect on some important general questions: What is Indigenous art today? Who makes it? Where ...

The Dutch art fair, renowned for art and antiquities, works to prove its relevance as the wider world changes around it. By Scott Reyburn TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s biggest and most prestigious ...

The faint 67,800-year-old hand stencil is barely visible amongst much younger art. Credit: Griffith University Scientists have identified the world’s oldest rock art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in ...

Creating art is something 88-year-old Benjamin Feldshuh has been doing his entire life. He remembered the first time he picked up a paintbrush at 4 years old. “I let myself paint whatever I wanted to ...

A rock art enthusiast discovered a 3,000-year-old scene carved into a hillside in eastern Norway. Tormod Fjeld said he knows where to look, having found over 70 different ancient rock-carving scenes ...

BONN, GERMANY—A survey of rock art in Wadi Khamila conducted by Mustafa Nour El-Din of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Ludwig Morenz of the University of Bonn revealed a ...

Generally overlooked in Art History 101 was the inverse: how European materials and images were repurposed by Indigenous artists. That 1941 MoMA show was full of ancient Native objects, along with ...