Arts & Culture
Hannah Batya Penet without veil only for her groom
The biggest event of the Ultra orthodox world in 2013 was the wedding of the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic dynasty Belz...
Phil Collins donates Alamo artifacts collection to Texas
Phil Collins has donated his extensive collection of Alamo memorabilia to the Battle of the Alamo historic site in San Antonio, Texas. Phil Collins, 63,...
Kazakhstan removes selfie statue
Authorities in Kazakhstan have removed a monument after locals likened the figures on it to hobbits taking a "selfie", reports say. The statue in the...
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to be built in Chicago
George Lucas has selected Chicago as the future site of a museum of his movie memorabilia and prized art collection. Chicago had been battling for...
Chauvet Cave: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc gains World Heritage status
A prehistoric cave in southern France dubbed Sistine Chapel has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list. The 1,000 drawings carved in the walls of...
Qhapaq Nan: Inca Empire’s road system wins World Heritage status
Inca Empire’s Qhapaq Nan road system has been granted World Heritage status by the UN cultural agency, UNESCO. The Qhapaq Nan roads go through six...
Unpublished Pablo Neruda poems found among manuscripts
Pablo Neruda Foundation in Chile has found more than 20 previously unknown poems by the Nobel Prize winner. Poems were found while cataloguing some of...
Horace Silver dies aged 85
Jazzman Horace Silver has died at the age of 85, National Public Radio (NPR) said on Wednesday. NPR said Horace Silver's son Gregory had called...
Hidden portrait dicovered beneath Picasso’s Blue Room
A hidden portrait has been found by scientists beneath the brush strokes of The Blue Room, a 1901 Picasso artwork. Art experts and conservators at...
British Guiana one-cent magenta stamp fetches record $9.5 million at New York auction
A rare 19th Century one-cent magenta stamp from a British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5 million at a Sotheby’s...
Emma Allen turns herself into World Cup trophy
Emma Allen has used face paint to turn herself into the FIFA World Cup trophy. Emma Allen has used face paint to turn herself...
Ai Weiwei helps digital art website The Space
Ai Weiwei is helping to launch The Space - a website dedicated to digital art. The $13.5 million project will commission and showcase new art...
Study for a Seated St. Joseph: Rare Botticelli drawing to be sold at Sotheby’s in London
Study for a Seated St. Joseph, a rare Botticelli drawing, is to be sold at the Sotheby’s in London in July. This is the first...
Maya Angelou dies at the age of 86
Author Maya Angelou, one of America's leading literary voices of the last 50 years, has died at the age of 86. Maya Angelou was best-known...
Harper Lee’s lawsuit against Monroeville museum reinstated by federal judge
Harper Lee’s lawsuit filed against a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, has been reinstated by a federal judge. Harper Lee sought the...
Ennio Morricone cancels New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City concerts due to back injury
Ennio Morricone has canceled concerts in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City due to a back injury suffered earlier this year. The Italian film...
Andy Warhol’s works sell for $100 million at Christie’s in New York
Two works from Andy Warhol's Death and Disaster series have sold for a combined $100 million at Christie's in New York. 1964’s Race Riot -...
Sarajevo’s City Hall re-opens 22 years after Bosnian War fire
Sarajevo's iconic city hall – now housing the national library - has been re-opened 22 years after it was destroyed by shelling during the...
Cornelius Gurlitt dies aged 81
Cornelius Gurlitt, known as the “Nazi art hoarder”, has died aged 81, with no definitive answer on what will happen to his secret collection,...
Search for Miguel de Cervantes’ remains at Convent of Trinitarians
A Madrid convent will be searched for the body of the 17th Century author, Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish forensic scientists announced. Ground-penetrating radar will be...
Titanic last letter fetches $200,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son auction
The last letter to be written on Titanic has sold for £119,000 ($200,000) at an auction in the UK. The letter was written by survivors...
Titanic last letter to be auctioned in UK
The last letter to be written on the Titanic could fetch $170,000 when it will be auctioned in the UK later. The letter was written...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez memorials held in Mexico and Colombia
Public memorials to Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday in Mexico City aged 87, are being hold in Mexico and...
Ai Weiwei exhibits in Yorkshire Sculpture Park chapel on May 24
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has chosen a former chapel in Yorkshire as the venue for his next month’s exhibition in the UK. Ai Weiwei will...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies in Mexico aged 87
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family has announced. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was considered one of the greatest Spanish-language...
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