She completed Cleopatra’s Chair in 1994 (five years before her own groundbreaking solo exhibition at the Met). “Flight Into ...

New research suggests that their footprints could have inspired the drawings of ancient artists. Experts have been studying mysterious carvings, known as petroglyphs, that were found in Brazil.

the application of ancient rock art to contemporary artistic expression is essential for the preservation of heritage. Many ...

Ancient rock carvings in southern Peru could ... culture of southern Peru that made the famous geoglyphs in the desert of the ...

Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor. By Aruna D’Souza The artist Lorraine O’Grady once wrote of ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past? By Jason Farago We call it Egypt; the Greeks ...