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India negotiating to bring back stolen antiques: ASI

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

India plans to step up its efforts to bring back Indian artefacts from other countries after the recent repatriation of a 10th century “Yogini” stone sculpture from Paris.

Keanu Reeves film based on true Japanese story

YoopyaNov 18, 2013February 14, 20240

TOKYO (AP) — The director of the Keanu Reeves 3-D film “47 Ronin” says he hopes his adaptation of a true Japanese story becomes a

Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record in NY

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and a

Vatican’s US donors get access for a $500 pittance

YoopyaOct 25, 2013March 17, 20240

VATICAN CITY (AP) — They entered the Sistine Chapel in tuxedoes and gowns, the clacking of high heels on marble competing with the Latin chants

Vuvuzelas blare in Fischer’s ‘blood libel’ anti-semitism opera

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – In what may be the first use of vuvuzelas in opera, the blaring horns popularized by South African soccer featured in the premiere

Bacon, Warhol sales to test health of global art market

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – A triptych by British post-war painter Francis Bacon and works by pop master Andy Warhol will provide a health test for the global

Louis Armstrong house marks 10 years as NYC museum

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — To mark the 10th anniversary of the Louis Armstrong museum in the modest brick house where he lived for 28 years,

French opera, theater director Chereau dies at 68

YoopyaOct 8, 2013March 31, 20240

PARIS (AP) — Patrice Chereau, a celebrated French actor and director in film, theater and opera who was renowned for cutting-edge productions, has died, officials

Egypt exhibits artefacts that survived uprising

YoopyaOct 3, 2013April 3, 20240

Nearly 30 ancient Egyptian artefacts that narrowly survived the Arab Spring uprising in Cairo in 2011 have gone on display in the city. The exhibition,

Third time lucky for Colm Toibin on Man Booker prize shortlist?

YoopyaSep 10, 2013October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Six tales from gold-rush New Zealand to Zimbabwe to the English countryside and elsewhere on the planet were shortlisted for the 2013 Man