One of Europe's biggest contemporary art fairs, ARCO, posted an increase in sales over last year, officials say, in a sign that the global art market is recovering from the financial crisis.
How about some Mughal magnificence from a bygone era in these often frugal times?
London's Southbank Center announced a new season on Friday featuring Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang, vast amounts of Mahler and so much music that recession seemed banished from the airwaves.
Bob Dylan once sang about how fine life would be when he had painted his masterpiece.
Zurich's Kunsthaus museum will offer the first public glimpse Friday of a Swiss art collection that has been under lock and key since thieves stole its most-prized painting in a $160 million heist two years ago.
Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theatre's top accolades.
With a sculpture fetching over $100 million at auction this week, it looks like art is still hot. Now, it's also green.
A Giacometti statue smashed the art auction record late on Wednesday, fetching $104.3 million after just eight minutes of intense bidding at Sotheby's, and experts predict there may be even higher numbers to come.
Dramatic moments and eye-catching images from performances around the world.
A bronze statue by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti broke the record for a work of art at auction on Wednesday, selling for 65 million pounds ($104.3 million) at Sotheby's in London.
Her latest novel, "Poor Little Bitch Girl," arrives February 9 from St. Martin's Press. An advance read leaves little doubt that "Girl," like many of her earlier works, will reach the big or small screen.
London's auction houses have long been attuned to billionaire tycoons from the former Soviet bloc snapping up art and spurring a boom in prices, at least until the credit crunch struck.
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