Artists

Tetsuya Chiba, creator of Japan’s iconic boxing manga Ashita No Joe, dies at 87

Tetsuya Chiba became the first manga artist to receive the prestigious Order of Culture in 2024.

Artist Felicia Yong and new makers spark stained-glass revival in Singapore

Felicia Yong nurtures new makers while “continuing to push the expressive boundaries of contemporary glass art”.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 23, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaking to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House on Oct 22 for a rally in Sioux City, Iowa.

Monet’s Iris fetches €50 million at Paris auction

Claude Monet’s Iris is the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.

Junk to jungle giants

Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years

Chataigniers En Fleurs is one of the most important works from Vincent van Gogh’s final days.

Jeff Koons is selling US$100 million of his personal art collection

Jeff Koons poses during the press preview of his exhibition “Lost in America” on November 20, 2021 at Qatar Museums Gallery Al Riwaq in Doha, Qatar.

Solitary weavers in Japan’s Fukushima create lustrous threads and fabrics

Eriko Yamauchi makes thread in a quiet environment where bird songs can be heard, in Showa, Fukushima Prefecture.

Pull a rickshaw, listen to a poem at National Museum’s revamped Singapore History Gallery

The Singapore Stone wrapped in digital renderings of the past at the revamped Singapore History Gallery at the National Museum of Singapore, opening to the public on Oct 10.

As rents rise, Berlin's underground scene feels the pinch

A view of the garden of Zirkus Mond in front of the circus tent, under lights, in Berlin, Germany, September 26, 2026. The area also hosts other structures, including a bar and containers used for artistic purposes. REUTERS/Alessia Cocca

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