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• • 28.02.2012

    Chinese architect Wang Shu wins Pritzker Architecture Prize 2012

    Wang Shu, a 48-year-old architect based in Hangzhou, will be the recipient of 'architecture's highest honor,' the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The...

  • 27.02.2012

    'The Artist' basks in Oscars glory

    Silent movie "The Artist" crowned its spectacular awards season success by winning five Oscars including the coveted Best Picture prize...

  • 21.02.2012

    Ai Weiwei at the Jeu de Paume - Interlacing

    Ai Weiwei – Interlacing is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by Ai Weiwei. It foregrounds Ai Weiwei the communicator—the...

  • 12.02.2012

    Detained China artist unaware of New York success

    Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her...

  • 09.02.2012

    'Lucian Freud Portraits' opens at the National Portrait Gallery

    A major exhibition of paintings by British artist Lucian Freud, has opened to the public at the National Portrait Gallery in London. 'Lucian Freud...

  • 07.02.2012

    Catalan artist Antoni Tapies dies at 88

    Antoni Tapies, the Spanish painter and sculptor whose works brought him fame around the world, died Monday, February 6, in his hometown of...

  • 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...

• • 27.02.2012

    Even the Jokes Have Wrinkles

    Out with the new. Back with the old. And that’s not just because “The Artist,” a largely silent film set in 1920s Hollywood, won so many...

  • 27.02.2012

    Jean Dujardin and Meryl Streep win best actors Oscars

    Jean Dujardin in his role in silent movie "The Artist," has become the first Frenchman to win an acting Oscar.� The French actor beat...

  • 14.02.2012

    Picasso and Modern British Art at Tate Britain opens in London

    Picasso and Modern British Art will examine Picasso’s evolving critical reputation here and British artists’ responses to his work. The...

  • 12.02.2012

    Whitney Houston - a legend is gone

    Pop legend Whitney Houston, who died Saturday, inspired a generation of music fans with her soaring voice, before substance abuse plunged her into...

  • 08.02.2012

    Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy carried on an 18-month-long affair with a teenaged White House intern, according to a new book published this week by a 69-year-old...

  • 06.02.2012

    Kusama plans London exhibitions

    Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who has made a name as the creator of vast and complex works in bold colors and polka dots, has two exhibitions...

  • 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...