Arts

Palestinian artist 'creates' Gaza metro

Abusala had his "vision" while observing Gaza's anarchic traffic system, a tangle of donkey carts, motorcycles, rickshaws, and dilapidated old cars, not to mention the trucks plying the 40 kilometre...

Seven United Arab Emirates through black and white photos

ABU DHABI - Marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) publishes a photo book by the Emirati artist Shamma...

Performance artist gives birth in NY gallery

NEW YORK- There's something new to see at the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn: a newborn baby called Ajax whose mother made her pregnancy the subject of her latest exhibition. Performance artist...

Almodovar to be guest director at AFI festival

LOS ANGELES- Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodovar will be the guest artistic director at the American Film Institute's 2011 festival in November in Hollywood, the organization said Monday. Almodovar...

Artists occupy historic Rome theatre, protesting closure

ROME- Around 100 people have occupied a historic Italian theatre where Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" was first performed to protest plans to convert the landmark into a...

Obama honors stars with medals

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama on Wednesday lauded the power of the arts to ease the pain of hard times, as he honored stars including actress Meryl Streep, songwriter James Taylor and...

Callas' Italian costume designer dies

ROME- Anna Anni, who was costume designer for opera stars like Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, has died, Italian press reports said Sunday. She was 84. Anni, who also worked...

Two Japanese architects win Pritzker prize

WASHINGTON- Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa on Monday were awarded the Pritzker Architectural Prize, the industry's most coveted award. "The formal ceremony for what has come...

A throne for the Pope: a Hungarian carpenter's dream

BUDAPEST, Eszter Balazs - Master carpenter Arpad Rostas would like the pope to sit on his chair: a high, gilded throne carved out of oak with a pair of angels, the coats of arms of Hungary and the...

Maurice Jarre, composer of "Dr Zhivago" music, dies

PARIS (AFP) - Maurice Jarre, Oscar-winning composer of music for films including "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia", died overnight Sunday in Los Angeles aged 84. The death of Jarre, who...
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