Renowned Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh was also a literary giant, say researchers who have scrutinized his vast body of correspondence - the topic of a new exhibition opening in Amsterdam on Friday.
Many artworks depicting Emperor Yongzheng are on show for the first time in Taipei.
For the first time in 60 years, treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing have been sent to Taipei for a large-scale exhibition about Qing Dynasty Emperor Yongzheng (1678-1735).
When archaeologist Yuan Zhongyi was sent to Lintong, Shaanxi province, to excavate the site in July 1974, he had no idea he would spend his next 30 years there.
Clad in a traditional Chinese beige shirt and glasses, gray-haired Yang Zhifa busily signs books in a gift shop in the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
Curators of King Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose, a Tudor time capsule likened to a British Pompeii, have revealed thousands of artefacts never before seen by the public, including a nit comb complete with nits from 1545 when the vessel sank.
British actress Keira Knightley will make her debut on a London theater stage this year in a modern adaptation of French playwright Moliere's "The Misanthrope."
Wearing a red clown nose, the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil hosted an out-of-this-world performance event on Friday, saying he wanted to use his trip as a space tourist to highlight the scarcity of water on Earth.
Shi Guoqing, founder of Wang Mudu Theater, plays an old farmer guiding a volunteer teacher to a school in the mountains.
China's Vice-President Xi Jinping yesterday attended the opening ceremony at the Bozar, Brussels Center for Fine Arts, with Vice-Minister of Culture Zhao Shaohua and Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yves Leterme, to announce the formal opening of the Europalia China Festival.
Beijing People's Art Theater (BPAT) has gone back to its roots with a realistic drama reminiscent of former productions such as Teahouse (1957) and Top Restaurant (1988).
Ever since Zhang Yimou was invited to stage Turandot in Florence, Italy, in 1996, he has been fixated on this operatic gem.
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