Arts

ACCOLADES AWARDED IN 8TH EMIRATES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION - 05/14/2014

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E- The finest Emirati, Arab and international photographers have been recognised at a glittering ceremony for the eighth edition of the Emirates Photography Competition (EPC), one of...

British museum launches online archive of WWI stories - 05/14/2014

LONDON- Museum curators made a global appeal Monday for photos and stories about the millions who fought for the British empire in World War I as they launched an ambitious new digital memorial. The...

German art hoarder left two 'complementary' wills - 05/14/2014

BERLIN- The late German recluse who hoarded a priceless art trove, some of it suspected Nazi loot, left two wills, a court said Tuesday, adding however that they "complement each other". The Munich...

Swedish 'Sugarman' documentary maker dies at 36 - 05/14/2014

STOCKHOLM- Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, who won an Oscar for his 2012 documentary ¨Searching for Sugar Man,¨ died in Stockholm on Tuesday, the TT news agency reported. He was 36. The...

Blood, guts and ribs as Chinese performer suffers for his art - 05/12/2014

BEIJING, Sébastien Blanc- Having one of his own ribs cut out to turn into a necklace, enduring a slashing from neck to thigh -- He Yunchang will do anything for art as long as it does not kill him....

Spanish opera star Caballe denies tax fraud: source - 05/11/2014

BARCELONA- Spanish opera star Montserrat Caballe on Friday denied accusations that she cheated the taxman out of half a million euros owed on earnings from concerts, a judicial official said....

New Anne Frank play reveals 'girl behind the symbol' - 05/11/2014

THE HAGUE, Maude Brulard- A new Anne Frank play premieres in Amsterdam on Thursday, promising to bring the troubled teenage girl's identity out from behind the shadow of the Holocaust's most famous...

Jane Campion: 'Indefatigable pioneer' of film - 05/11/2014

PARIS- Head of the Cannes jury Jane Campion made her name portraying complex, strong-willed female protagonists and knows from first-hand experience that the festival is a place where careers are...

Autistic Australian an artistic hero - 05/10/2014

SYDNEY, Madeleine Coorey- Artist Tim Sharp cannot explain why his colourful work has such appeal, or how the cheeky superhero he first drew when he was a child, Laser Beak Man, has won fans around...

Famed Sarajevo library reopens 22 years after destruction - 05/10/2014

SARAJEVO- Sarajevo's famed architectural jewel, "City Hall", or the National Library, reopened on Friday, 22 years after it was destroyed by Bosnian Serb forces' shelling during the 1992-1995 war....
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