Arts
Hong Kong in art bonanza - but will it last?
HONG KONG - The eyes of the global art world are fixed on Hong Kong - for now.
Diego Rivera poised to top NY Latam art auctions
NEW YORK - A Diego Rivera portrait of a 10-year old girl, her head cocked and gaze wary, is expected to top this week's Latin American art auctions, where surrealist-tinged works by other artists are also primed to do well.
Bill dispute highlight of Edinburgh Old Masters show
EDINBURGH - An engaging 17th century Dutch painting of an argument between a drinker and landlady over a bill is one of a number of major works that has gone on display in Edinburgh from the Bute Collection, one of the largest and finest private collections of old masters in Britain.
Dinosaur skeleton fetches $1.05 million at disputed U.S. auction
- A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for $1.05 million at auction in New York on Sunday, although the sale has been disputed by the Mongolian government, which has questioned whether it was obtained legally.
Treasures of Italy's Marche region on show at Vatican
VATICAN CITY - If you wanted to admire masterpieces of religious art by Titian, Raphael, Lorenzo Lotto, Guido Reni, Carlo Crivelli and other masters in museums around Italy's central Marche region, it could cost you a few weeks of time and a hefty hotel bill.
Broadway play's echoes of Bo scandal may prevent China staging
NEW YORK - China's biggest political scandal in two decades is likely to have dashed playwright David Henry Hwang's hopes of bringing his Broadway play "Chinglish" to mainland China anytime soon.
"11th Hour" debuts at top of bestsellers list
NEW YORK - "11th Hour," jumped straight to the top of Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday.
Poe letter to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" author sells for $164,000
LITTLETON, New Hampshire - A one-page 1837 letter from the writer Edgar Allan Poe to the editor of a popular women's magazine has been sold for $164,000 at auction.
British Library explores UK landscape over millennium
LONDON - "When you are once out upon its bosom you have left all traces of modern England behind you, but, on the other hand, you are conscious everywhere of the homes and the work of the prehistoric people."
Mexico pays tribute to Carlos Fuentes before French burial
MEXICO CITY - Mexicans bid farewell to renowned author Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday in an emotional tribute attended by the president and the country's most prominent intellectuals before a planned burial in France.