Arts

German, French versions of 'Mein Kampf' readied as copyright ends - 10/15/2015

PARIS, FRANCE- "Mein Kampf", Adolf Hitler's manifesto containing autobiographical, anti-Semitic and militaristic screeds, falls out of copyright next year, and already annotated German and French...

Coco Chanel would have hated my work says Lagerfeld - 10/14/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Chanel's artistic director Karl Lagerfeld reckons founder Coco Chanel would have hated his work as an exhibition dedicated to the luxury fashion brand opened in London...

Elvis Costello charts unlikely rise to pop stardom - 10/14/2015

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- Over four decades, Elvis Costello has been a pop music icon famed for his literary wordplay, but he owes his career in part to a base stunt. Frustrated that his...

Marlon James becomes first Jamaican to win Man Booker Prize - 10/13/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Naomi O'Leary- Jamaican author Marlon James on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize for "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a re-telling of the attempted assassination of...

New Elvis album teams king with royal orchestra - 10/12/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Robin Millard- Priscilla Presley closes her eyes and bites her lip as she listens to a new album of Elvis songs, with the king of rock and roll's voice backed by Britain's...

Belarussian dissident Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize - 10/09/2015

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Pia Ohlin- Belarussian writer and dissident Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her work chronicling the horrors of war and life under the...

Presley piano, Beatles drum head to go under the hammer - 10/07/2015

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Elvis Presley's gold-leaf piano and a drum head used by the Beatles on their first US visit will be auctioned off in Los Angeles next month, with both items expected to...

'Unflinching' Goya portraits go on show in London - 10/07/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Spanish painter Francisco de Goya's stark portrayals of Spanish aristocrats, intellectuals and fellow artists in a major new exhibition at the National Gallery in London aims...

Patti Smith wades into memory and loss in literary sequel - 10/06/2015

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- Revered for her influence on punk rock, Patti Smith proved herself to be a literary heavyweight as well with her 2010 memoir, "Just Kids," which won the...

Britain's Turner prize ruffles art world feathers - 10/05/2015

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM, Jessica Berthereau- Britain's Turner Prize has long stirred debate in the art world with its unconventional choices, and this year may be no different with a song performance...
1 ... « 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 » ... 435

At a glance