Arts & Culture

Liberty Leading The People, Delacroix iconic painting, vandalized at Louvre Museum

French police have detained a woman accused of defacing iconic Delacroix painting Liberty Leading The People at a branch of…

12 years ago

Picasso portrait of mistress Marie-Therese Walter sold for $45 million at Sotheby’s

Femme Assise Pres d'une Fenetre (Woman Sitting Near a Window), one of Picasso's portraits of his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, has…

12 years ago

Wesley Daniel’s head on fire as he tries to breathe flames at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Fire-breathing stilt-walker Wesley Daniel has been severely burned after his head caught fire during a dress rehearsal at the Lyric…

12 years ago

Mongolia wins 2013 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships

Fifteen teams from around the world competed in the 23rd edition of Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships, and Team Mongolia…

12 years ago

Svetlana Lunkina flees Bolshoi Ballet over threats

Bolshoi top ballerina Svetlana Lunkina has revealed she has moved to Canada amid claims of threats to her husband. Leading…

12 years ago

Vladimir Tretchikoff’s original painting of Chinese Girl to go on sale in London

Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, is to go on…

12 years ago

Goettingen: The song that changed the world

The reconciliation between France and Germany after WWII was enshrined in Elysee Treaty signed 50 years ago. But many believe…

12 years ago

John Naper banned portrait The Queen goes on public display after 60 years

The Queen, John Napper’s controversial portrait, which was hidden from view for 60 years because it looked nothing like Queen…

12 years ago

Sergei Filin, Bolshoi Theatre artistic director, burnt by acid attack

Sergei Filin, artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his…

12 years ago

Dan Brown to release new book Inferno in May

Dan Brown, the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, is to release new book Inferno in May. Inferno it…

12 years ago