New sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

The 2016 World Heritage Committee, meeting in Istanbul, Turkey from 10 to 17 July has inscribed 21 new sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. They include 12 cultural sites, six natural and three mixed sites. The World Heritage List now numbers 1052 sites in 165 countries. The state of conservation of 155 sites was … Read more

Artist Yang Fudong, one of the brightest young art stars in China, is joining Rolls-Royce Art Programme

Rolls-Royce is sharing a common philosophy with the world of art. Artisit Yang Fudong, considered to be one of China’s most well-known cinematographer and photographer and the greatest film writer to come out of China ever, joins Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem and Indian artist Sudarshan Shetty as a member of the Rolls-Royce Art Programme for … Read more

David Bowie’s private art collection to be unveiled for the first time

Works the late singer quietly collected over the years to go on display before being auctioned at Sotheby’s

The whole truth about Van Gogh’s ear, and why his ‘mad genius’ is a myth

A new exhibition claims Vincent Van Gogh’s mental illness hampered his work, rather than drove his singular vision – and presents fresh medical evidence about his notorious self-mutilation