Arts & Culture

Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples burns artworks in protest at budget cuts

Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples, Italy, has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says…

13 years ago

Dickens and Tolkien descendants join for two new fantasy books for children

Poet Michael Tolkien, the eldest grandson of JRR Tolkien, and Gerald Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, are to…

13 years ago

Original cheque that bought Superman comic character sold with $160,000

The original cheque used to buy the Superman comic character from its creators Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster has been sold…

13 years ago

Thomas Kinkade died into his sleep as he had relapsed into alcoholism

Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death…

13 years ago

J.K. Rowling announces her first adult novel “The Casual Vacancy”

J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has announced her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling…

13 years ago

Cezanne’s Boy in a Red Waistcoat stolen from a Swiss museum recovered in Serbia

Serbian police has recovered a Cezanne painting stolen in a raid on a Swiss museum in 2008. Authorities have not…

13 years ago

Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, died at 54

Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, one of America’s most popular artist, died from what appear to have been natural…

13 years ago

Rare Paul Cezanne watercolor artwork worth $20M found in Texas after 59 years

A rare watercolor artwork of Paul Cezanne missing since 1953 is expected to sell for as much as $20 million…

13 years ago

Four paintings worth $1M stolen from a New York gallery uncovered in Germany after 24 years

Four contemporary artworks worth $1 million stolen from a New York gallery have been recovered in Germany 24 years on.…

13 years ago

Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo musician, has died at 88

Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player who is credited with helping create modern country music, has died in Nashville aged…

13 years ago