Arts & Culture
Jacob Zuma painting, The Spear, removed from Goodman Gallery
Goodman Gallery in South Africa has agreed not to display the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma after reaching a deal with the ANC. The...
Cannes Film Festival 2012: Michael Haneke wins Palme d’Or for second time
Austrian director Michael Haneke has been awarded with the Cannes film festival's top prize for the second time as Amour (Love) is named winner...
Cannes Film Festival 2012: Winners Revealed During Closing Ceremony
The official Jury of the 65th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Nanni Moretti, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony. Bérénice...
Easter Island mysterious heads have full bodies
A research team has discovered that the mysterious heads on Easter Island have full bodies, extending down many, many feet into the ground of...
Jacob Zuma painting case is going to court in South Africa
South Africa's ruling party is going to court to have the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma removed from public view. The actual painting that was...
Jacob Zuma controversial painting vandalized in Johannesburg art gallery
A controversial painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has been vandalized in a Johannesburg art gallery. It appears a man poured black paint over...
Brunel’s ss Great Britain moored in Bristol has been floated in a sea of green jelly for Museums at Night
Brunel’s ss Great Britain moored in Bristol has been "floated" in a sea of neon-green jelly as part of a cultural festival. The ship, which...
Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies at 86
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who was once described as "the most influential singer of the 20th Century", has died, aged 86. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, was famed...
Chuck Brown, godfather of go-go music, dies at 75
Musician Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the upbeat "go-go" scene in Washington DC in the 1970s, has...
Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 in a Mexico City hospital
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes has died, aged 83, at a hospital in Mexico City. Hospital sources did not comment on author’s cause of death. Carlos Fuentes...
Cannes Film Festival 2012: first day movie selections
The 65th Festival de Cannes opens today on the French Riviera with 8 films generating big buzz. Out of 1,779 films submitted this year, only...
Cannes Film Festival 2012 opens today amid sexism row
The 65th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) opens today on the French Riviera with US director Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom. Wes Anderson’s movie,...
Sylvester Stallone spotted in a 16th century Raphael’s painting at Vatican City
It looks like Sylvester Stallone is a few centuries old as he was recently spotted in a 16th century painting at Vatican City. Raphael’s 1511...
Olympics 2012: ArcelorMittal Orbit officially unveiled today at the Olympic Park
Olympic Orbit, the looping red tower that looms over London's Olympic Stadium, is being officially unveiled today. The completed steel sculpture - known as ArcelorMittal...
Mark Rothko’s artwork “Orange, Red, Yellow” sold for record $86.9M at Christie’s
Mark Rothko’s artwork “Orange, Red, Yellow” has achieved the highest ever price for a piece of contemporary art at auction - fetching $86.9 million. The...
Maurice Sendak, author of children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, dies at 83
Writer Maurice Sendak, the author of children's book Where the Wild Things Are, died early on Tuesday at 83. Longtime friend and caretaker Lynn Caponera...
Thomas Kinkade autopsy report: Painter of Light died of accidental alcohol and Valium overdose
Painter Thomas Kinkade died of accidental acute intoxication from alcohol and an anti-anxiety medication, an autopsy report revealed late Monday. The Santa Clara County Coroner's...
The Scream, Edvard Munch’s masterpiece, sold for $120 M
The Scream, the iconic artwork of Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, has become the most expensive item sold at auction, after it fetched $119.9 million. The...
How accurate were Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomy drawings?
The largest exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body goes on display in the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace in UK...
Warner Bros. publishes classic movie scripts as e-book range Inside The Script
Warner Bros. have launched a new eBook range called Inside The Script, which includes classic hits Ben Hur and Casablanca. Available in the iBookstore for...
Lola-German Film Awards 2012: Roland Emmerich won six awards for Anonymous
Roland Emmerich, the director of Independence Day movie, has won six awards at the 62nd Lola-German Film Awards for his Shakespeare mystery Anonymous. The film...
Conductor Kurt Masur suffers stage fall in Paris
Kurt Masur, the former principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is recovering in hospital after falling off the stage at a concert...
Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, Cuban actors who starred in a film about defectors, seek asylum in US
Cuban actors Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, who defected to the US, emerged from hiding a week after they had gone missing at Miami...
Bob Dylan will receive US Medal Of Freedom
Bob Dylan will receive the Medal Of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, it has been announced. Bob Dylan is being recognized alongside former Secretary of...
Amy Pinto-Walsh, Thomas Kinkade’s mistress, accused of being gold-digger out for money and fame
Lawyers portrayed Amy Pinto-Walsh, painter Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend, as a ruthless gold digger who is out to “tear down” the late artist's reputation and...
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