The paintings are older than Europe’s famed cave art such as Lascaux in France, and, while younger than some geometric abstract art found in South Africa, it’s the oldest of a narrative scene ...

In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

The drawing of three human figures with a pig was discovered in an Indonesian cave—and might be the world’s oldest art that tells a story. Now, a new study in the journal Nature suggests some ...

Not all paintings feature pretty flowers, green gardens, lily ponds, or happy women enjoying life. Some are about violence, ...

A painting created at least 51,200 years ago in the limestone cave of Leang Karampuang in the Maros-Pangkep region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi portrays three human-like figures ...

The rock art included a 15-foot-wide (4.5 meters) panel depicting human-like figures engaging with warty pigs (Sus celebensis) and anoas (Bubalus) — dwarf buffalos native to Sulawesi.

Kathryn Bagwell's painting "Liar, Cheat, and the Thief" has a little of all of us, she says. Kathryn Bagwell ...

In Indonesia, a prehistoric painting of a narrative scene has been found to date back at least 51,200 years ago. It is the oldest known example of “figurative” cave art in the world.

The paintings are older than Europe’s famed cave art such as Lascaux in France, and, while younger than some geometric abstract art found in South Africa, it’s the oldest of a narrative scene ...