A portrait once believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci sold for more than $1.5 million in New York on Thursday, around treble the top price estimated ahead of the auction.
A seven-year-old British boy is being hailed as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18,000 pounds ($29,280) in just 14 minutes.
A rare appearance in Australia of one of France's most treasured art collections has Australians queuing in their thousands to experience colors never before revealed, even in its Paris home.
American photographer Spencer Tunick is searching for thousands of Australians to strip off on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in the name of art.
Lucy Liu will make her Broadway debut in "God of Carnage," joining the Tony-winning comedy March 2 along with Dylan Baker, Janet McTeer and Jeff Daniels.
If you're scouring London for impressive theater to suit a budget reduced by the recession, chances are it's just around the corner.
A tableau by artist Romare Bearden on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates the life of a city block in Harlem where he spent part of his youth.
A Picasso painting damaged when a woman lost her balance and fell on the canvas last week will be repaired in time for an exhibition of the artist's works in April.
Sporting a thick Brooklyn accent, actress Scarlett Johansson won accolades in reviews posted on Monday for her Broadway debut in playwright Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge."
Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" is a blue-collar Greek tragedy, a potent mix of melodrama and a classic fall from grace usually reserved for the brightest and best of heroes.
An exhibition at London's Royal Academy seeks to deepen our understanding of the post-Impressionist master Vincent Van Gogh by displaying many of his letters.
A self-portrait of a badly bruised Lucian Freud will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in London next month and is expected to fetch 3-4 million pounds ($4.9 million).