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AUS professor to perform as soloist in Handel's masterpiece Messiah at Dubai Opera

01 Oct 2019

Dr Sherri Weiler, Associate Professor of Performing Arts at American University of Sharjah (AUS), has been selected as a soloist for Handel’s Messiah, to be performed at the Dubai...

US teen helps artist make a mural to honour victims of everyday gun violence

01 Oct 2019

The row of trendy restaurants surrounding an office of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington reflects the refined tastes of a gentrifying capital. But down an alley, a mural...

Picture postcards inspired French postman's cultural mix in 'Ideal Palace'

30 Sep 2019

With twisted stonework, exotic-looking statues and breathtaking flights of the imagination, it would not look out of place in the hot climes of southeast Asia or in a surrealist...

Artist Kehinde Wiley unveils bold sculpture in Times Square

29 Sep 2019

Perpetually crowded Times Square has a new statue for pedestrians to navigate - but it's unlike any other. Artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled his biggest work ever Friday, a massive...

Banksy's chimpanzee parliament goes under the hammer

28 Sep 2019

A painting by British street artist Banksy depicting parliament populated by chimpanzees is to go on show on Saturday before going under auction. "Devolved Parliament", painted in 2009, is...

Paris falls for jazz-age glamour of India's modernist maharajah

26 Sep 2019

They were India's golden couple of the 1920s and 1930s, two beautiful people who cut a wildly glamorous dash across the globe, being photographed by Man Ray and sipping...

How 'Heidi' conquered Japan, sparking an anime revolution

25 Sep 2019

Heidi and Super Mario may not seem to have much in common but anime and video game aficionados will detect the signature style of Japanese character designer Yoichi Kotabe...

Old lady discovers Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen

24 Sep 2019

An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said Monday. "Christ Mocked", by...

Keeping the thread alive at a Vietnam silk village

23 Sep 2019

Cocoons bob in boiling water as silk is rapidly teased out, spinning on reels skilfully operated by women in Vietnam's Co Chat village, where households have been making thread...

Early Van Gogh works auctioned in Belgium

23 Sep 2019

Two early works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh were auctioned in the Belgian city of Ghent on Sunday, fetching near estimate prices that the organiser said were bargains....

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