Arts and Culture

Da Vinci sells for $450 million in auction record: Christie’s

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A 500-year-old work of art -- believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci and…

Chagall sets auction record at $28.5 mn in New York

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A Chagall oil painting shining with love for his first wife and adopted home…

Art project transforms historic Indian fishing dock

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Indian fishermen unload their morning catch as sari-clad women carrying buckets on their heads walk past street art…

Nature’s nastiest beasts on show in London

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- From a hairy-legged Goliath spider to a 2.5-foot (0.7-meter) Komodo dragon, a fear-inducing exhibition opens…

Psychedelic color storm takes over Washington art space

by Olivia Hampton Agence France Presse WATCH, United States (AFP) -- It all began by accident. After hurting his wrist,…

New Zealand mourns after ‘First Cat’ Paddles run over by car

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand was mourning the loss of the nation's "First Cat" Wednesday after Prime Minister…

The guitar maker of Kinshasa: Father of a unique sound

by Marc Jourdier Agence France-Presse KINHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- In 2010, a group of Kinshasa street musicians, several of…

The Color Factory supercharges senses

SAN FRANCISCO (Eagle News) - People have traveled near and far to experience San Francisco's most "Instagrammable" museum in the…

Guitar used by Jimi Hendrix to sell at auction alongside guitars once used by Springsteen, McCartney and Madonna

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) -- Guitars used by Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and other celebrated musicians will…

The Louvre Abu Dhabi, first of its kind

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to bear the Louvre name outside…

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