In August, a study claimed an altar stone from Stonehenge had been transported from the Orkney Islands. A new study rejects ...

Given its Scottish origins, the findings raise fascinating questions, considering the technological constraints of the ...

The discovery uncovered that it came from sandstone deposits in an area known as as the Orcadian Basin, which encompasses the isles of Orkeny and Shetland and a coastal strip of Scotland.

The Orcadian media outlet reported “The teams who will compete in the football competition at next year’s Orkney Island Games has been drawn. ”With the men and women’s competitions ...

Orcadian film fans will have the first opportunity to witness the adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir when it is shown at the Pheonix Cinema on Saturday, September 21. The film is released ...

A prominent Chinese artist known for his scathing political critiques of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been detained in China, according to his brother and artistic partner.

Plus, it’s oft-repeated lore that the bellini, that staple of bottomless brunch, is named for the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini. The bellini was invented at Harry’s Bar in Venice ...

The performance artist who controversially allowed spectators to do whatever they wanted to her body for six hours has revealed the moment the stunt went horribly wrong. In 1974, Serbian ...

A gallery in Manhattan is to exhibit a selection of the abstract works of Iria Leino, a pioneer in New York in the ’60s and a mystery to many in the art world. Canvases stacked in Iria Leino’s ...

This fall the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s facade will feature strange, humanoid sculptures. If they induce a feeling of nausea, that’s what Lee was going for. The South Korean artist Lee Bul ...

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...