Arts
Kurt Andersen goes 007 in latest book
NEW YORK - Best-selling author Kurt Andersen isn't a spy, but that didn't stop him from writing his latest novel about a group of friends who hatch a James-Bond-like plot amid the tumult of the 1960s in the United States.
Christie's posts record $3.5 billion first-half art sales
LONDON - Christie's announced record first-half art sales of 2.2 billion pounds ($3.5 billion) on Tuesday, a rise of 13 percent over the same period of 2011 and further evidence of the strength of the high end of the market.
South Carolina lawmakers restore state funding for arts, teachers
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - South Carolina lawmakers voted in a special session on Wednesday to override dozens of budget vetoes by the state's governor that cut funding for teachers' pay raises, an arts commission, and non-profit rape crisis centers.
Painting seized in Miami sting may be missing Matisse
MIAMI - A painting believed to be by French master Henri Matisse that was stolen from a Venezuelan museum more than a decade ago has been recovered in an undercover sting operation at a Miami Beach hotel, authorities said on Wednesday.
London gallery opens space dedicated to live art
LONDON - London's Tate Modern gallery has unveiled its first dedicated space to live art and installations as part of plans to explore new areas of visual culture like video, photography and performance art.
Art experts dispute rediscovered Klimt work's origin
VIENNA - A missing Klimt painting that was rediscovered this week is by Ernst Klimt, not his more famous brother Gustav, an expert on the Austrian symbolist painter said on Sunday, contradicting an art dealer who is preparing to sell it at auction.
Catherine the Great flaunts art in Edinburgh show
EDINBURGH - Empress Catherine the Great demonstrates her powerful and enduring cultural influence over Russia in a new art exhibit at Scotland's National Museum that opened on Friday.
U.S. returns stolen artifacts to Peru
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities returned 14 stolen and looted paintings and artifacts to Peru on Thursday, including four archaeological items more than 2,000 years old.
Artist seeks to shine light on global energy issues
LONDON - An ambitious new project encompassing art, design and developmental aid aims to provide a sustainable light source to replace kerosene lamps in impoverished countries, London's Tate Modern art gallery announced on Thursday.
Chinese court upholds Ai Weiwei tax fine
BEIJING - A Chinese court on Friday upheld a $2.4 million fine for tax evasion against the country's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei, after barring him from attending the hearing, in a case that critics accuse Beijing of using to muzzle the outspoken artist.
Boyd focuses on psychoanalysis, wartime intelligence
NEW YORK - For more than 30 years, author William Boyd has won acclaim for writing complexly plotted page-turners often set in unique historical milieus, from World War One-era East Africa to 1936 Los Angeles.
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