Artists have long been inspired by the themes of the carnival and the circus. They often identify with the craft, the courage, and the sometimes marginal existence of circus and carnival performers.

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Alan King was a Scottish Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1946. How ...

Only a selection of our reviews and articles are free. Subscribers receive the monthly magazine and access to all articles on our website. Although a pioneering physicist and mathematician, Blaise ...

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

She shows how both sought a return to craft values (though in the early 1920s Gropius enthusiastically embraced technology) and a utopian fusion of art and politics ... However, as Alan Powers points ...

Most Read lists the most popular stories on Ars. By default it will pull from all sections, but you can optionally choose a single section to highlight.