Arts
Van Gogh and da Vinci paintings to go on display at Louvre Abu Dhabi
Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh will be among 300 works displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Emirate said, as it aims to become...
Provocative Argentine exhibit of Barbies is pulled
A provocative art exhibit featuring Barbie dolls as religious figures such as the Virgin Mary and her boyfriend Ken as a crucified Jesus Christ has been...
French writer Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature
French writer Patrick Modiano, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effects on his country, has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for literature.
Asian cave art dating back 40,000 years challenges Europe’s claim to oldest art
Cave paintings dating back almost 40,000 years have been found in Indonesia, sparking questions about early humans and the origins of art.
Asian cave paintings challenge Europe’s claim to oldest art
The silhouette of a hand on a cave wall in Indonesia is 40,000 years old, showing that Europe was not the birthplace of art as long believed, researchers...
Eiffel Tower’s new glass floor aims to turn heads…downward
A much-anticipated facelift of the Eiffel Tower will be unveiled Monday with a new glass floor to dizzy the millions of tourists who flock to Paris’s...
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson poised to dive into new ‘Baywatch’ movie
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has confirmed he will star in the Baywatch movie.
Jane Fonda shares harrowing story of mother’s abuse, suicide
Jane Fonda told an audience of activists and philanthropists that her mother had been sexually abused as a child before eventually committing suicide at...
Jean Paul Gaultier bids farewell in typical wacky, flashy style
The champagne flowed, along with the tributes, on Saturday as irrepressible fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier slathered his last ready-to-wear show in...
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to distribute album through BitTorrent
Thom Yorke is making an end run around “the self-elected gatekeepers” and putting out a new solo album using BitTorrent instead of traditional...
AC/DC’s Malcolm Young ‘admitted to full-time care for dementia’, report says
Malcolm Young, one of the founding members of AC/DC reportedly has dementia and is being treated in a care home in Sydney.
Ai Weiwei exhibition at Alcatraz pays tribute to political prisoners
One of China’s most famous dissidents has appropriated the United States’ most famous former prison as a way to highlight the plight of activists...
Iconic threads: Princess Diana gowns to be auctioned in U.S.
Four dresses designed for and worn by Britain’s late Princess Diana are to go under the hammer in Beverly Hills.
'The Lion King' stage show is the most successful single ticket in history
Here’s something the folks at Disney can take real pride in: “The Lion King” is the top ticket of all time.
South Africa takes ‘Nutcracker’ to unfamiliar climes
It’s danced to Tchaikovsky’s famous melody, but it’s not your traditional Christmas Nutcracker: the Joburg Ballet has set it in the Kalahari...
Blank canvas: Near-empty Picasso museum opens its doors in Paris
Paris’ Picasso museum is reopening for two days this weekend after five years of closure over a renovation fraught with setbacks, accusations and...
MacArthur Foundation rewards modern solutions to old problems
The timely work of Jennifer Eberhardt, a Stanford University professor whose research is helping a California police department improve its strained relationship...
Unseen letter and doodles by Picasso on display in France
A previously unseen letter written by Pablo Picasso to his friend the French poet Max Jacob is displayed at the fine arts museum in Quimper, France.
In memoriam: Statue of Amy Winehouse unveiled in London
Late singer Amy Winehouse has been honoured on what would have been her 31st birthday with a life-size statue in her beloved Camden Town neighbourhood...
World’s most precious artworks are fading away, experts warn
Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” are losing their yellow cheer and the unsettling apricot horizon in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”...
Film festivals fire starting gun on Oscars race
While it is too early to talk of frontrunners — unlike last year when “12 Years a Slave” established itself early in awards season — several...
Movie numerology: Mathematical minds multiply at Toronto film fest
At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, two of the most lauded and talked-about films are portraits of elite mathematical minds.
Pink Floyd co-founder says new ‘Wall’ an anti-war protest film
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters says a new movie about his remounting of the band’s famous “The Wall” album should be seen as a protest...
Corpse art: Group decries possible use of executed Chinese prisoners’ bodies
A human-rights group says the potential use of the bodies of executed Chinese prisoners in art exhibition merits a criminal investigation.
Remembering a trailblazer: Joan Rivers dead at 81
Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger...
'Subversive' lost chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory finally published
A ‘lost’ chapter of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, cut from the book 50 years ago for being “too wild and subversive” for children,...
Gold rush! Treasure hunt for $16k of precious metal hidden on British beach
An artist has caused a gold rush on a British beach after apparently burying thousands of pounds worth of the precious metal there as part of an arts festival.
India begins work to turn Orwell’s birthplace into museum
India on Thursday began work to restore the dilapidated house where “Animal Farm” and “1984” author George Orwell was born and...
Superman comic from 1938 fetches record-smashing $3.2m in auction
An almost perfect edition of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $3.2 million at auction.
Director Richard Attenborough, ‘titan of cinema’, dies aged 90
Tributes have poured in for Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, who dominated the British film business for more than half a century.
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