Arts & Culture
Matisse cut-outs exhibition at Tate Modern
Tate Modern in London is presenting one of the largest collections of Henri Matisse's "cut-out" artworks ever assembled. Henri Matisse cut out paper shapes for...
Coachella Festival 2014 set times
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - known as Coachella or the Coachella Festival - is an annual two-weekend, three-day music and arts...
Cornelius Gurlitt’s art collection to be released by German prosecutors
German authorities are to release 1,280 works of art confiscated two years ago from the Munich apartment of collector Cornelius Gurlitt. Cornelius Gurlitt's father bought...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez released from Mexico City hospital
Gabriel Garcia Marquez has left a Mexico City hospital after being treated for a lung and urinary tract infection. The winner of the 1982 Nobel...
Peter Matthiessen dies from leukaemia at 86
Writer Peter Matthiessen, whose notable works include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, has died at the age of 86 following leukaemia. The...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez hospitalized in Mexico City
Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been taken to hospital in Mexico City. Winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who...
Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard paintings found hanging on kitchen wall in Italy
Two stolen paintings by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard have been found hanging on an Italian factory worker's kitchen wall for almost 40 years,...
Mario Vargas Llosa to join Venezuela’s anti-Maduro protests
Mario Vargas Llosa has announced he will travel to Venezuela to back anti-Maduro groups. The Peruvian Nobel Prize winning author accused President Nicolas Maduro of...
Vatican Radio’s digital archive to unveil popes voices from 1884
Vatican Radio’s new digital archive will made available to the public audio recordings featuring the voices of popes from as far back as 1884. The...
Stolen Rembrandt painting L’enfant a la bulle de savon recovered in France after 15 years
A Rembrandt painting has been recovered in France, 15 years after it was stolen. The 17th Century painting L'enfant a la bulle de savon (Child...
JRR Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf to be published after 88 years
JRR Tolkien’s translation of the Old English poem Beowulf is to be published for the first time, nearly nine decades after it was completed. JRR...
Vatican Library begins digitizing its ancient manuscripts collection
The Vatican Library has begun digitizing its collection of ancient manuscripts dating from the origins of the Catholic Church. The first stage of the project...
Author Khushwant Singh dies at 99
Indian writer and journalist Khushwant Singh has died at the age of 99, his family announces. Khushwant Singh wrote dozens of novels and short story...
New Harry Potter story about Quidditch World Cup released online
J.K. Rowling is continuing to expand Harry Potter’s wizarding world with her new website, Pottermore.com. On Friday, J.K. Rowling released the first chapter in a...
Gerard Mortier dies from cancer at 70
Madrid's Teatro Royal director Gerard Mortier has died from cancer at the age of 70. Gerard Mortier, who was born in Belgium, spearheaded an operatic...
Michelangelo’s David rifle ad sparks outrage in Italy
An advertisement by an Illinois-based weapons company showing Michelangelo's David holding a rifle has sparked outrage in Italy. Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the...
Pompeii collapse: PM Matteo Renzi calls on business people to fund repairs
Italian PM Matteo Renzi has called on business people to fund repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii. Matteo Renzi made the plea after heavy...
Italy acts to stop Pompeii collapse after flooding
Italy will unblock 2 million euros ($2.7 million) in emergency funding to save the ancient city of Pompeii, after flooding caused walls to collapse. A...
George W. Bush paintings to be exhibited in April
George W. Bush’s paintings are to be exhibited for the first time in April at the Texas library and museum that bears his name. More...
Mein Kampf volumes signed by Adolf Hitler fetch $65,000 at LA auction
A signed two-volume set of Adolf Hitler's Nazi treatise Mein Kampf has sold for $64,850 at a Los Angeles auction. The two volumes date from...
Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and associated books vandalized in Tokyo libraries
More than 200 copies of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl and associated books have been vandalized in public libraries in Tokyo, Japanese...
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird author settles legal action against Monroeville museum
Nelle Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has settled legal action against The Monroe County Heritage Museum in her Alabama hometown, which...
Ai Weiwei vase worth $1 million destroyed in Maximo Caminero’s protest
Florida artist Maximo Caminero is facing criminal charges after deliberately dropping a million dollar vase by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in an apparent...
The Silkworm: JK Rowling to publish crime novel follow-up
Author JK Rowling will publish another crime novel this summer, the second to be written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Published on June 19, The...
Rare British Guiana stamp expected to fetch $20 million at New York auction
An 1856 postage stamp from British Guiana is set to fetch a record $20 million when it goes on sale in New York in...
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