Arts

Picasso painting seized on yacht returns to Spain - 08/12/2015

MADRID, SPAIN- A Picasso worth over 25 million euros that was seized from a yacht off the French island of Corsica was transferred to a Madrid museum on Tuesday. The painting, which was subject to a...

Garcia Marquez's ashes to be returned to his native Colombia - 08/12/2015

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA- The ashes of literary giant Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be returned from Mexico to his native Colombia in December, officials said Tuesday. The Nobel-winning novelist, author of the...

Young star Nelsons sees new reach for classical music - 08/12/2015

LENOX, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- As a summer breeze blew, Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons summoned the sense of an opening to heaven as voices from the giant choir rattled the...

After scrapping shows, Bjork says working on new songs - 08/11/2015

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Bjork has said she is working on new music after cutting short a tour for her deeply personal last album "Vulnicura," which she said had taken an emotional toll. "I have...

Lawsuit says Bobbi Kristina boyfriend gave her 'toxic cocktail' - 08/09/2015

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- A lawsuit filed Friday by an estate administrator for Bobbi Kristina Brown accuses her boyfriend of giving her a "toxic cocktail" and putting her face down in a bathtub...

'Face of War': Ukraine artist creates Putin portrait with bullet shells - 08/09/2015

KIEV, UKRAINE, Olga Shylenko- A young Ukrainian artist has captured global media attention by creating a striking portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin out of 5,000 bullet shells collected in...

'Capa in Color' unveils bright side of legendary war photographer - 08/07/2015

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, Peter Murphy- Legendary photojournalist Robert Capa may be primarily known for his dramatic black-and-white war images, but an exhibition in Budapest is casting light on his...

Original 'My Fair Lady' Julie Andrews to direct Sydney show - 08/07/2015

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- Stage and screen icon Julie Andrews will direct a 60th anniversary production of "My Fair Lady" at the Sydney Opera House, a show she first starred in on Broadway in 1956, it was...

The changing face of Russia's emblematic matryoshka dolls - 08/06/2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Anna Malpas / Marina Lapenkova- From cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era cosmonauts to today's Pussy Riots, the changing face of Russia's matryoshka nesting dolls...

Australian museum to display 'world's finest opal' - 08/05/2015

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- An Australian museum said Monday it would exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found -- a 6.0-centimetre (2.4 inch) multi-coloured gem unearthed in the Outback...
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