Culture news

• • 02.02.2012

    The Little Tramp back on Broadway soon

    With the successful return of silent films to cinema with the recent award-winning The Artist, a stage play about actor Charlie Chaplin from the...

  • 31.01.2012

    Rimbaud's mysterious Java journey

    In 1876 French poet Arthur Rimbaud joined the Dutch colonial army, sailed to the Indonesian island of Java and then deserted and fled into the...

  • 26.01.2012

    Lucian Freud My Father an exhibition at the Freud Museum, London

    In one small room of the Freud Museum, which was once the home of Sigmund in the last year of his life, are the works Jane McAdam Freud made in the...

  • 26.01.2012

    Geoffrey Rush named Australian of the year

    Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was on Wednesday named the 2012 Australian of the Year, the highest award bestowed in his native country, in...

  • 19.01.2012

    Uproar over first German post-war reprint of 'Mein Kampf'

    Historians have cheered news that Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' will be reprinted in Germany for the first time since the Nazi dictator's fall in...

  • 19.01.2012

    David Hockney returns to his native Yorkshire for inspiration

    Britain's greatest living artist, David Hockney, has swapped the Californian sunshine for the landscape of his native Yorkshire for a blockbuster...

  • 12.01.2012

    Damien Hirst - worldwide exhibition

    Gagosian Gallery is presenting “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011” by Damien Hirst. The exhibition will take place at once across all of...

  • 09.01.2012

    Pierre Hermé's latest cookbook

    French pastry chef Pierre Hermé is set to release a new cookbook filled with some of the recipes and pastries that have made his name a powerful...

  • 07.01.2012

    A tribute to photographer Eve Arnold (1912-2012)

    A look back at some of the defining images of the career of the Philadelphia-born photographer, who has died aged 99. A member of the famous Magnum...

  • 04.01.2012

    Celebrating Dickens 200th anniversary

    Several events in 2012 will commemorate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens worldwide. The Dickens 2012 Bicentenary plans include an extensive...

• • 31.01.2012

    Art emerges from Japan's disaster zone

    Nearly one year after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, art is emerging from the disaster zone. The exhibition is titled Lost & Found...

  • 29.01.2012

    Monty Python members to re-unite for new film

    Members of iconic British comedy group "Monty Python" will re-unite for a new film, a science fiction farce, ex-Python Terry Jones said...

  • 26.01.2012

    Sale of vinyl records on the rise

    In the brave new world of MP3 players,� old-fashioned vinyl records are making a real comeback! In his Brooklyn, New York, factory, 40-year-old...

  • 26.01.2012

    “Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage”

    Annie Leibovitz’s new exhibition shows photographs taken simply because she was moved by the subject, such as Niagara Falls or the home of Elvis...

  • 19.01.2012

    50 years of Bond cars on show in UK

    The largest collection of James Bond vehicles in the world opened to the public on Tuesday in Britain featuring classics such as the Aston Martin...

  • 18.01.2012

    Top dog Oscar campaign heats up after 'Artist' awards

    A growing pack of fans are howling for Uggie the terrier to get a sniff at the Oscars after the Jack Russell stole the show in the silent movie...

  • 12.01.2012

    Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam

    The British Museum will present, from January 26 to April 15 2012, the first major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca...

  • 09.01.2012

    Spielberg 'honoured' by War Horse's royal premiere

    Prince William and his wife Catherine on Sunday attended the British premiere of Steven Spielberg's new film War Horse along with 600 serving and...

  • 04.01.2012

    Meryl Streep honoured at Berlin film fest

    The Berlin film festival said Monday it would award Oscar-winning US actress Meryl Streep an honorary Golden Bear next month in recognition of her...

  • 03.01.2012

    Austria celebrates 150th anniversary of Klimt's birth

    Gustav Klimt, born on July 14, 1862, is one of the best known figures of the Jugendstil art period in Austria. In honour of this milestone...