Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and a...
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Vatican’s US donors get access for a $500 pittance
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
(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
(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
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
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
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?
(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...
Van Gogh Museum: new Van Gogh identified
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh Museum says it has identified a long-lost Vincent Van Gogh painting that spent years in a Norwegian attic because...
Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot back in new novel by UK author
(Reuters) – Bestselling British crime novelist Sophie Hannah will revive Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot in a new novel due out next year. When...