Arts & Culture

Titanic last letter fetches $200,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son auction

The last letter to be written on Titanic has sold for £119,000 ($200,000) at an auction in the UK. The…

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Titanic last letter to be auctioned in UK

The last letter to be written on the Titanic could fetch $170,000 when it will be auctioned in the UK…

11 years ago

Gabriel Garcia Marquez memorials held in Mexico and Colombia

Public memorials to Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday in Mexico City aged 87, are being…

11 years ago

Ai Weiwei exhibits in Yorkshire Sculpture Park chapel on May 24

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has chosen a former chapel in Yorkshire as the venue for his next month’s exhibition in…

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies in Mexico aged 87

Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family has announced. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was considered…

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Matisse cut-outs exhibition at Tate Modern

Tate Modern in London is presenting one of the largest collections of Henri Matisse's "cut-out" artworks ever assembled. Henri Matisse…

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Coachella Festival 2014 set times

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - known as Coachella or the Coachella Festival - is an annual two-weekend,…

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Cornelius Gurlitt’s art collection to be released by German prosecutors

German authorities are to release 1,280 works of art confiscated two years ago from the Munich apartment of collector Cornelius…

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez released from Mexico City hospital

Gabriel Garcia Marquez has left a Mexico City hospital after being treated for a lung and urinary tract infection. The…

11 years ago

Peter Matthiessen dies from leukaemia at 86

Writer Peter Matthiessen, whose notable works include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, has died at the age…

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