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  • Hirst below estimate at UK art sale, Marini record

    2010-10-15 09:02

    A major work by British artist Damien Hirst made less money than expected at Christie's contemporary art sale in London Thursday, but the auction overall came in within pre-sale estimates.

  • Jewish Museum exhibit shows key works by women artists

    2010-10-14 08:57

    A new exhibit at The Jewish Museum explores the impact of feminism, which inspired new ideas and challenged old ones, on contemporary painting over the last half century.

  • Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize

    2010-10-13 15:05

    British writer Howard Jacobson won the prestigious Booker Prize Tuesday with his philosophical comedy "The Finkler Question," beating five other writers, including two-time winner Peter Carey and the bookies' favorite, Tom McCarthy.

  • Exhibition: how tourists shaped Canaletto's paintings

    2010-10-13 09:02

    A major exhibition in London brings together works by Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal, best known as Canaletto, and some of his biggest rivals who fought for artistic and commercial supremacy.

  • Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unveils giant London work

    2010-10-12 08:53

    Prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has filled the cavernous Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern gallery with over 100 million handmade porcelain sunflower seeds which visitors are invited to walk over.

  • $4 million Chagall painting sets new Asian record

    2010-10-11 10:22

    An artwork by Modernist master Marc Chagall became the most expensive contemporary Western painting sold in Asia when it was auctioned for $4.18 million after steady bidding in a Hong Kong sale.

  • Peruvian Vargas Llosa wins literature Nobel

    2010-10-08 09:02

    Peruvian writer and one-time presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, a chronicler of human struggles against authoritarian power in Latin America, won the 2010 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday.

  • Musical adaptation of 'Sister Act' to hit Broadway

    2010-10-06 10:58

    A theatrical adaptation of the movie "Sister Act" will be getting its groove on Broadway style.

  • Philip Roth reflects on novel's decline and "Nemesis"

    2010-10-06 09:22

    American novelist Philip Roth dislikes e-books and the distracting influences of modern technology, which he feels diminishes the ability to appreciate the beauty and aesthetic experience of reading books on paper.

  • New York opera houses woo new fans with edgier fare

    2010-10-04 09:46

    New York opera companies are rolling out more high-tech shows, broadening their repertoire and raising their star quotient this season to help break the genre's image as a stodgy art form and lure new younger fans.

  • US exhibition shows off Yuan Dynasty artistry

    2010-09-30 09:29

    The World of Kublai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, running until Jan 2, is wowing visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), New York.

  • Lehman art auction beats estimates at $2.6 million

    2010-09-30 09:11

    A sign from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers group fetched over $66,000 at a London auction on Wednesday, more than 15 times its estimate, as collectors and souvenir hunters fought for mementos of a corporate collapse.

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