Arts

Czech writer, diplomat Jiri Grusa dies at 72: report - 10/29/2011

Grusa was persecuted by the communist regime for his novel "Mimner" in 1969 and arrested for his novel "The Questionnaire" in 1978. He signed the 1977 anti-communist manifesto, Charter 77, in...

Silver statuette is unknown Rodin: expert - 10/28/2011

PARIS, Sandra Lacut- A French art expert Thursday unveiled evidence he says proves that a silver statuette of a "wounded woman" is an unknown work by Auguste Rodin, depicting his lover and disciple...

YouTube to broadcast Bolshoi reopening live - 10/28/2011

MOSCOW- YouTube on Thursday said it would broadcast live on its website the gala reopening of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, the hottest ticket of the Russian cultural season where seats are like gold...

Performance artist gives birth in NY gallery - 10/27/2011

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...

French Pianist Thibaudet excites Southern California - 10/26/2011

“Festivals of Rome” and piano concerto for the left hand San Diego – Abdul Rahman Bitar - Hold your breath ! The famous French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is coming to the last city in Southern...

Qatar opens film festival with 'Black Gold' - 10/26/2011

DOHA- Qatar opened on Tuesday its annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival with "Black Gold," a movie by French director Jacques Annaud partly shot in the gas-rich Gulf country. Starring Antonio Banderas...

Hepburn scooter, photos in Rome exhibition - 10/26/2011

ROME- A collection of dresses and other wardrobe treasures worn by Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn -- along with the scooter she immortalised in her breakout role in "Roman Holiday" -- goes on display...

Biography has Van Gogh filmmakers rethinking ending - 10/25/2011

WASHINGTON- The producers of a new film about Vincent Van Gogh are rethinking its ending in the wake of a definitive biography that doubts the long-held belief that the Dutch painter took his own...

Madonna's brother living rough in Michigan - 10/25/2011

"You think I haven’t answered this kind of question a bazillion times? Why my sister is a multibazillionarie, and I’m homeless on the street?" added Ciccone, 55, who said he sleeps under a bridge in...

Wall collapses at Pompei after flash storms - 10/22/2011

The collapse happened on Friday, a day after heavy storms lashed Italy, causing flash floods across parts of the country which killed two people, brought the capital Rome to a temporary standstill...
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