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
Arts 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
Arts 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
Travel 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
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Arts 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
Literature 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
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Movies & Music 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
Movies & Music 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
Arts 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
Literature 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
Movies & Music 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
Arts 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
Arts Olympic venue among 40 museums hit by ransomware attack: French police source PARIS: The Grand Palais, which is hosting Olympic events in Paris, and around 40 other museums in France were... Published 06 Aug, 2024 05:41pm
Movies & Music Fawad Khan, Sanam Saeed’s ‘Barzakh’ to be pulled from YouTube Pakistan over public backlash Audiences criticise 'LGBTQ' themes within show Published 06 Aug, 2024 04:03pm
Arts Street artist Banksy reveals new artwork featuring goat in London Elusive British street artist Banksy has taken credit for a new artwork of a black goat that popped up in Southwest... Published 06 Aug, 2024 02:48pm
MENA Dubai: 7 indoor activities to beat the heat Since the heat is showing no signs of respite, for those heading off to Dubai for a short break will be better off... Updated 30 Jul, 2024 02:50pm
Luxury Sotheby’s bets on Chinese spending with Hong Kong retail outlet HONG KONG: Sotheby’s embarks on a new kind of selling in Hong Kong on Saturday, with its first retail outlet,... Published 26 Jul, 2024 02:38pm
Arts Pakistani artist Fazal Rizvi brings the Karakoram range to Dubai Pakistani artist Fazal Rizvi recently displayed his works ‘A mirror in my pocket’ at Grey Noise gallery in Dubai’s... Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:35pm
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Arts Hong Kong museum celebrates life of architect I.M. Pei HONG KONG: More than 30 years after I.M. Pei reshaped Hong Kong’s skyline with a jagged tower of steel and glass,... Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:11pm
Arts Designer vestments and furniture for Paris’s reborn Notre-Dame PARIS: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is getting a modern makeover for its reopening in December, with designer... Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:04pm
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Arts Model Naomi Campbell gets her own exhibition at London’s V&A museum LONDON: Naomi Campbell brings her stylish looks and runway walk to London’s V&A this week in a new exhibition... Published 19 Jun, 2024 10:28pm
Arts Vivienne Westwood’s clothes and jewels headed for auction LONDON: Dresses, suits, shoes and jewellery from the personal collection of late British designer Vivienne Westwood... Published 15 Jun, 2024 09:27pm
Arts The high-tech art lab hidden underneath the Louvre in Paris PARIS: It looks like the lair of a Bond villain: behind armoured doors, buried underground below the Louvre in... Published 14 Jun, 2024 05:39pm
Literature US Library of Congress spotlights its American ‘treasures’ WASHINGTON: The US Library of Congress houses more than just books, with a new exhibit opening this week... Published 12 Jun, 2024 04:26pm
Movies & Music Italian opera celebrated in Verona’s ‘magical’ Arena VERONA, Italy: Verona’s ancient Roman Arena will host a star-studded classical concert Friday to celebrate the... Published 07 Jun, 2024 11:23pm
2024-05-29-02-30 27th annual Alhamra festival kicks off LAHORE: The 27th annual Alhamra Theatre Festival kicked off enthusiastically at Alhamra Arts Center, promising 10... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
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