Arts & Culture

Emma Allen turns herself into World Cup trophy

Emma Allen has used face paint to turn herself into the FIFA World Cup trophy. The London based artist, who…

11 years ago

Ai Weiwei helps digital art website The Space

Ai Weiwei is helping to launch The Space - a website dedicated to digital art. The $13.5 million project will…

11 years ago

Study for a Seated St. Joseph: Rare Botticelli drawing to be sold at Sotheby’s in London

Study for a Seated St. Joseph, a rare Botticelli drawing, is to be sold at the Sotheby’s in London in…

11 years ago

Maya Angelou dies at the age of 86

Author Maya Angelou, one of America's leading literary voices of the last 50 years, has died at the age of…

11 years ago

Harper Lee’s lawsuit against Monroeville museum reinstated by federal judge

Harper Lee’s lawsuit filed against a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, has been reinstated by a federal judge.…

11 years ago

Ennio Morricone cancels New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City concerts due to back injury

Ennio Morricone has canceled concerts in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City due to a back injury suffered earlier…

11 years ago

Andy Warhol’s works sell for $100 million at Christie’s in New York

Two works from Andy Warhol's Death and Disaster series have sold for a combined $100 million at Christie's in New…

11 years ago

Sarajevo’s City Hall re-opens 22 years after Bosnian War fire

Sarajevo's iconic city hall – now housing the national library - has been re-opened 22 years after it was destroyed…

11 years ago

Cornelius Gurlitt dies aged 81

Cornelius Gurlitt, known as the “Nazi art hoarder”, has died aged 81, with no definitive answer on what will happen…

11 years ago

Search for Miguel de Cervantes’ remains at Convent of Trinitarians

A Madrid convent will be searched for the body of the 17th Century author, Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish forensic scientists…

11 years ago