Arts & Culture

Claude Frank dies in New York aged 89

Classical pianist Claude Frank has died at the age of 89 at his home in New York. The musician died…

10 years ago

Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung publicly berates parents of coughing child during concert

South Korean violinist Kyung-Wha Chung has shocked audiences at the Royal Festival Hall by publicly berating the parents of a…

10 years ago

Frida Kahlo’s garden and studio to be recreated at New York Botanical Garden

Frida Kahlo's garden and studio will be recreated at the New York Botanical Garden in 2015. Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden,…

10 years ago

William Shakespeare First Folio discovered in Saint-Omer library

William Shakespeare’s First Folio, regarded as the most important book in English literature, has been discovered in a library of…

10 years ago

University of Texas buys Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s personal archive

University of Texas in Austin has acquired the personal archive of Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, including manuscripts…

10 years ago

Cornelius Gurlitt’s Nazi art accepted by Bern Art Museum

Bern Art Museum in Switzerland has agreed to accept hundreds of artworks bequeathed by German Nazi-era art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt.…

10 years ago

Hitler watercolor painting sells for $161,000 at Nuremberg auction

An Adolf Hitler’s watercolor painting has sold at an auction in Germany for 130,000 euros ($161,000). The 1914 painting of…

10 years ago

Bunny Mellon’s blue diamond breaks world record at Sotheby’s auction

Bunny Mellon’s blue diamond has fetched $32.6 million at an auction in New York, breaking the world auction record for…

10 years ago

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed, White Flower No 1 sets auction record for female artist

Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed, White Flower No 1 has sold for $44.4 million at Sotheby’s auction, setting a record for…

10 years ago

Sotheby’s CEO William Ruprecht resigns after 14 years

Sotheby's CEO William F. Ruprecht has announced his resignation after 14 years in the role. William Ruprecht, 58, would leave…

10 years ago