October 10, 2015 would have been Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti’s 114th birthday, had he not fallen into the great existential void on January 11, 1966. The painter, sculptor, draughtsman and ...

Alberto Giacometti, “Sketches of a Woman and Man Wielding a Sword” (c. 1951), pencil on a notebook page, 29.2 x 47.2 cm; © Succession Alberto Giacometti ...

Tate Modern's retrospective of the Swiss sculptor, which gathers some 250 pieces, highlights his multi-pronged process and sustained work in plaster, wood, terracotta, oil paint, and more. Alberto ...

Indeed, the gallery has made it a tradition to highlight the artists and works that have had a connection with St. Moritz and the local area, the Engadin Valley. In the past, it has shown Gerhard ...

Sotheby’s high-stakes auction turned into a jaw-dropping spectacle Tuesday night when a $70 million Alberto Giacometti bronze bust failed to sell, leaving bidders and art insiders gobsmacked. The ...

Giacometti sculpted emaciated, elongated bronze human figures that suggest a strong sense of alienation, even a risk of disappearance. These are the works for which he is best known and that have made ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Exactly 60 years have passed since the death of Alberto Giacometti, yet his half-smoked cigarettes still lie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Cage, First Version" The artistic process is something that often eludes people. It’s not only the artist’s burning desire to ...

In a photograph from 1930, an abstract bronze sculpture of two copulating figures hangs on the wall of a polished Parisian dining room. Published in the magazine Art et Industrie, it’s one of the few ...

Stanley Tucci’s “Final Portrait,” which plays in Berlinale’s main competition section on Saturday, looks at a short period near the end of artist Alberto Giacometti’s tumultuous life. Variety spoke to ...

Can the stark and bare-bone sculptures of Alberto Giacometti reveal truths about our own times? Tony Dokoupil says, yes, they can: He pushed, prodded and gouged his masterpieces into existence. But ...

The U.K. is fighting to keep a unique bronze chandelier by Alberto Giacometti within its borders, issuing a temporary export ban to give a local institution a chance to match the £2.4 million ($2.9 ...