Arts
Roy Keane teams up with author Roddy Doyle for memoir
DUBLIN - Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, creator of some of Ireland's most renowned characters, will tackle one the country's best known when he teams up with Roy Keane to write the former footballer's memoir.
In letters, J.D. Salinger bemoans trappings of fame
AUSTIN, Texas - In a letter to his college friend, a young J.D. Salinger writes about yearning for fame. In ensuing correspondence to the same woman and her son over the next four decades, the American author describes how much he loathes his status as a celebrity.
Paris auction opens closet of Schiaparelli, doyenne of 1930s fashion
PARIS - Elsa Schiaparelli, doyenne of 1930s Paris fashion, may be long gone - buried in her favorite hue of shocking pink - but nearly 200 pieces from her closet, along with her fine art and furniture, may enjoy a second life after an auction next week.
Bacon portrait of lover seen selling for $49 million at auction
LONDON - A celebrated portrait by Francis Bacon of his lover and muse George Dyer could raise up to 30 million pounds ($49 million) on auction in London next month, Christie's said on Wednesday.
Argentine poet, political critic Gelman dies in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Juan Gelman, the celebrated Argentine poet and fierce critic of the South American nation's "dirty war" against leftists, died Tuesday in Mexico City, Mexico's national art council said.
Murder by candlelight at London's new Jacobean theatre
LONDON - London has a new theatre lit entirely by candles, transporting audiences back 400 years to the kind of performances seen on winter nights in Shakespeare's time.
Show me the Monet: Philippines seeks return of Marcos paintings
MANILA - The Philippines aims to recover three paintings, including one by French Impressionist Claude Monet, that a former aide of Imelda Marcos has been jailed in the United States for trying to sell.
Picasso, Magritte feature in Christie's February auctions
LONDON - A Picasso portrait of his lover and eventual wife Jacqueline Roque and a canvas by Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte are among the star attractions of February auctions that Christie's said on Monday could net almost $380 million.
Sotheby's says disputed $8.2 million Chinese scroll is authentic
BEIJING - Sotheby's has rebutted claims that an $8.2 million Chinese calligraphic scroll it sold at auction in New York last year is a fake, defending its reputation as it seeks to gain a foothold in the fast-growing China art auction market.
Stolen art sale gets Imelda Marcos ex-aide six years in New York prison
NEW YORK - Imelda Marcos' former secretary was sentenced on Monday to up to six years in a New York prison for a scheme to sell art that once belonged to the former Philippine first lady, including a Claude Monet water-lily painting that netted $32 million.
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Book Talk: Sue Monk Kidd explores slavery, women's rights in new book
NEW YORK - Author Sue Monk Kidd has written movingly about her native South, most notably in her 2002 bestseller "The Secret Life of Bees", which was later made into a movie starring Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson and Queen Latifah.
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