Artist LeRoy Neiman, an official painter of five Olympiads famed for his instant renditions of sporting action, has died in…
Chinese political activist and artist Ai Weiwei says police have prevented him from leaving his Beijing studio to attend a…
French philosopher Roger Garaudy has died on Wednesday, June 13, at the age of 98 at his home in Chennevieres-sur-Marne,…
Researchers have found that red dots, hand stencils and animal figures represent the oldest examples yet found of cave art…
Pakistani singing legend Mehdi Hassan has died of multiple organ failure aged 84. The singer, hugely popular in India as…
The battle rages over the estate of the Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade, as his mistress Amy Pinto-Walsh yesterday claimed…
Rome's iconic Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain) appears to be the latest monument to show its age as chunks of…
The remains of Elizabethan theatre Curtain, where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed, have been discovered by archaeologists. The…
Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury has died in Southern California at the age of 91. Ray Bradbury’s daughter Alexandra confirmed that…
A rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book has fetched a record 1.3 million Euros ($1.6 million) at…