Arts

The true 'Little House' story makes a splash in US - 02/04/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Jean-Michel Poirier- The autobiography of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder has become a surprise publishing hit in America, with buyers rushing to...

Five Monet paintings sell for $84 million in London - 02/04/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Five paintings by French impressionist Claude Monet, including his famous 1908 "Le Grand Canal" view of Venice, sold for a total of $84 million (73 million euros) in a London...

Michelangelo's last surviving bronzes 'identified in Britain' - 02/03/2015

LONDON, UK, Katherine Haddon- The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch,...

'American Sniper' shoots for more box office records - 02/02/2015

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Record-breaking drama "American Sniper" remained firmly on top of the North American box office this weekend, shrugging off rumbling controversies to cement its status as...

Daughter of tragic singer Whitney Houston found unconscious - 02/01/2015

LOS ANGELES, US- The daughter of late singer Whitney Houston was pulled unconscious from her bathtub Saturday at her Georgia home, in an eerie echo of her mother's tragic death three years ago. Bobbi...

A million rare documents damaged in Moscow library blaze - 02/01/2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- A fire that ripped through one of Russia's largest university libraries is believed to have damaged over one million historic documents, with some describing the fire as a cultural...

Michelle Obama defends 'American Sniper' - 01/31/2015

WASHINGTON, US- US First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday defended Clint Eastwood's hit film "American Sniper," which has been accused of whitewashing the story of the Iraq war. "While I know there have...

France's de Gaulle enshrined in Chinese national museum - 01/31/2015

BEIJING, CHINA- A statue of French president Charles de Gaulle was unveiled in Beijing on Friday to be permanently displayed in the National Museum on Tiananmen Square in an exceptional honour for a...

Placido Domingo revives Woody Allen Puccini opera - 01/29/2015

LOS ANGELES, US- Placido Domingo will star in a return to Los Angeles of Woody Allen's first opera production, Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi," the opera house said Tuesday. Allen first staged "Gianni...

Smithsonian envisions a London presence - 01/29/2015

WASHINGTON, US- The Smithsonian network of world-famous museums in Washington is looking to set up a exhibition space in London, on the site of the 2012 Olympics, it announced Wednesday. It would...
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