Arts & Culture

Michelangelo’s David rifle ad sparks outrage in Italy

An advertisement by an Illinois-based weapons company showing Michelangelo's David holding a rifle has sparked outrage in Italy. Italy's Culture…

10 years ago

Pompeii collapse: PM Matteo Renzi calls on business people to fund repairs

Italian PM Matteo Renzi has called on business people to fund repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii. Matteo Renzi…

10 years ago

Italy acts to stop Pompeii collapse after flooding

Italy will unblock 2 million euros ($2.7 million) in emergency funding to save the ancient city of Pompeii, after flooding…

10 years ago

George W. Bush paintings to be exhibited in April

George W. Bush’s paintings are to be exhibited for the first time in April at the Texas library and museum…

10 years ago

Mein Kampf volumes signed by Adolf Hitler fetch $65,000 at LA auction

A signed two-volume set of Adolf Hitler's Nazi treatise Mein Kampf has sold for $64,850 at a Los Angeles auction.…

10 years ago

Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and associated books vandalized in Tokyo libraries

More than 200 copies of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl and associated books have been vandalized in public…

10 years ago

Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird author settles legal action against Monroeville museum

Nelle Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has settled legal action against The Monroe County Heritage Museum in…

10 years ago

Ai Weiwei vase worth $1 million destroyed in Maximo Caminero’s protest

Florida artist Maximo Caminero is facing criminal charges after deliberately dropping a million dollar vase by dissident Chinese artist Ai…

10 years ago

The Silkworm: JK Rowling to publish crime novel follow-up

Author JK Rowling will publish another crime novel this summer, the second to be written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith.…

10 years ago

Rare British Guiana stamp expected to fetch $20 million at New York auction

An 1856 postage stamp from British Guiana is set to fetch a record $20 million when it goes on sale…

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