Christie's, one of the world's leading auction houses, says it has seen one of the most successful half years in its history, bringing the hammer down on around $2.57 billion of fine and decorative arts worldwide through January to June.
About 800 colorful statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first railed against some practices of the Roman Catholic church almost 500 years ago.
The Edinburgh Fringe festival, the world's biggest annual artistic jamboree, officially swung into action in its 64th season on Friday with shows ranging from Shakespearean drama to sassy rap by a 77-year-old comedienne from California.
A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: "I told you so!"
The world's biggest museum of Islamic art will reopen in Cairo in coming weeks after a seven-year facelift, museum officials said on Wednesday.
More than 400 years after it ended with the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Tudor period seems back in vogue with a successful movie, sexy cable series and slew of books dedicated to England's most powerful monarchs.
An upright piano set for auction this month may not look much but it hides an impressive musical history, played by the Beatles and Pink Floyd which is expected to scale its price up to 150,000 pounds (US$235,000).
A royal chariot thought to have been used by Egypt's boy king, Tutankhamun, who died in around 1324 B.C. was unveiled in New York on Tuesday -- the first time it has been seen outside of Egypt.
A New York art dealer who duped collectors including tennis star John McEnroe and actor Robert De Niro out of more than $100 million was sentenced to at least six years in prison on Tuesday.
What's left of Saddam Hussein's showcase collection of 20th-century Iraqi art is crammed into three dingy galleries of a formerly grand museum here.
A gaggle of lively children, some barefoot, take a nature walk with their young teacher; a downcast farmer counts coins from his purse to pay a tax debt; a dozing old man cradles his sleeping grand-daughter on his lap.
The cover photo for Sarah Palin's new book is a portrait in red, white, blue and gray.
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