Arts Duct-taped banana artist says his work is a ‘provocation’ on value of art ROME: The Italian artist who created the banana duct-taped to a wall that sold this week for $6.2 million, said in... Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:07pm
Luxury The $6.2 mn banana: Sotheby’s auctions controversial artwork A banana duct-taped to a wall sold to a cryptocurrency entrepreneur Updated 21 Nov, 2024 03:13pm
Arts Banksy forgeries: huge European fake art network uncovered in Italy ROME: Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks... Published 12 Nov, 2024 02:39pm
MENA Design Week concludes amid Dubai’s focus on attracting investment, strengthening local economy Diverse fair featured representation from Palestine, Iran, India and UAE Published 11 Nov, 2024 06:25pm
Arts Portraits of pain: smuggled Palestinian art shows trauma of Gaza AMMAN: When war erupted in Gaza, Palestinian artists had only one way to share their work expressing the harrowing... Updated 11 Nov, 2024 07:43pm
Arts From Joan of Arc to wine cellar: Notre Dame in five dates PARIS: As the mighty Notre Dame cathedral prepares to reopen its doors in a month’s time after a devastating fire in... Published 08 Nov, 2024 11:23pm
Arts First artwork by humanoid robot sells for $1.3mn LONDON: A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at... Published 08 Nov, 2024 07:04pm
MENA ‘Milestone edition’: Dubai Design Week begins today Region's largest design fair to run until November 10 at Dubai Design District Published 05 Nov, 2024 04:44pm
Travel Qatar Museums set to exhibit Pakistani art by Sadequain, Ismail Gulgee, Rashid Rana PM Shehbaz Sharif, The Amir of Qatar H.E. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani viewed the exhibit today Updated 31 Oct, 2024 08:22pm
Arts Margaret Atwood, unworried by AI, continues prolific writing career COPENHAGEN: Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who is currently writing her memoir, said in an interview that... Published 29 Oct, 2024 02:10pm
Movies & Music Boy George explores fame in new art collection depicting music stars LONDON: British singer-songwriter Boy George explores celebrities’ relationship with stardom in a new art collection... Published 25 Oct, 2024 02:04pm
Arts London Tube map exhibition celebrates iconic design LONDON: London’s Tube map is being celebrated in a new exhibition that traces the evolution of its much-loved design... Published 25 Oct, 2024 01:55pm
Arts Original ‘Little Prince’ typescript to go under hammer in UAE LONDON: A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s children’s... Published 24 Oct, 2024 02:29pm
Arts Warhol’s rare ‘Queen’ collection opens at Dutch museum APELDOORN, Netherlands: A Dutch museum is dusting off a rare collection of prints by Andy Warhol of female royalty,... Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:56pm
Arts Pharrell Williams to co-chair Met Gala exploring Black dandyism NEW YORK: Singer and designer Pharrell Williams is among the co-chairs of New York’s next Met Gala, which will wade... Published 10 Oct, 2024 07:00pm
Arts Emmanuel Macron advocates for ‘Emily in Paris’ to return to Paris PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said he would fight to ensure Emily - the heroine of Netflix’s hit series... Published 10 Oct, 2024 02:59pm
Arts George Harrison’s early Beatles guitar could fetch $800,000 at auction LIVERPOOL: An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go... Published 04 Oct, 2024 01:44pm
Arts Sicilian Cathedral’s stunning mosaics regain golden lustre MONREALE, Italy: The mosaics of a mediaeval cathedral in Sicily, built by the island’s last Norman king, are set to... Published 30 Sep, 2024 01:01pm
Arts Van Goghs attacked again in London hours after Just Stop Oil activists sentenced LONDON: Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ paintings in London’s... Published 28 Sep, 2024 04:53pm
Luxury Van Gogh painting set to break Asia record in Hong Kong auction HONG KONG: A Vincent van Gogh painting displaying the artist’s shift from dark realism to vibrant impressionism... Published 26 Sep, 2024 09:14pm
Arts Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban WASHINGTON: Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi... Published 26 Sep, 2024 02:23pm
Arts British Museum explores ‘Silk Roads’ trade routes in new exhibition LONDO: A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in... Published 25 Sep, 2024 02:52pm
Arts Stolen Banksy ‘Girl with Balloon’ painting found LONDON: One of British street artist Banksy’s best-known paintings, ‘Girl with Balloon’, has been found after its... Published 13 Sep, 2024 02:46pm
Arts Stolen Winston Churchill photo found in Italy OTTAWA: A brazen art heist that gripped Canadians has been solved: a famed portrait of a scowling Winston Churchill... Published 12 Sep, 2024 05:29pm
Arts James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 LOS ANGELES: American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter... Published 10 Sep, 2024 02:54pm
Arts Shamaeel Ansari displays capsule collection at charity fashion event for Hunar Foundation Haute couturier Shamaeel Ansari showcased a capsule collection ‘Symposium of Queens’ during a charity fashion... Published 09 Sep, 2024 05:41pm
Arts Local in focus: 5 pop-up bazaars to take in this fall As Pakistan’s retail footprint continues to thrive and evolve, homegrown brands are looking for alternative spaces... Published 03 Sep, 2024 04:29pm
Luxury Crown Prince to build Louvre of Saudi Arabia featuring $450mn Leonardo da Vinci: report Saudi Arabia is planning to build a version of the Louvre museum in Riyadh, according to a new BBC documentary on... Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:54pm
Literature Designer duo Sana Safinaz, writer Muneeza Shamsie conferred with Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistani designers Sana Hashwani and Safinaz Muneer as well as writer Muneeza Shamsie were conferred the... Published 15 Aug, 2024 04:08pm
Arts Van Gogh’s Starry Night recreated as park in Bosnian hills VISOKO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Amid the green hills and meadows of central Bosnia, a local... Published 12 Aug, 2024 04:38pm
Arts Banksy unleashes animals on London, but what do they mean? LONDON: A goat, two elephants, three monkeys and one wolf. Four Banksy murals which have appeared in London this... Published 09 Aug, 2024 03:18pm
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points