Arts
Portrait of Camilla's ex-husband Parker Bowles fetches $35 million at auction
NEW YORK A Lucian Freud portrait of Andrew Parker Bowles - the ex-husband of Prince Charles' wife Camilla - sold for $34.9 million at Christie's on Tuesday as contemporary works by artists from Andy Warhol to Louise Bourgeois drew strong prices and spirited bidding.
A record for Twombly at Sotheby's $295 million contemporary art auction
NEW YORK An untitled "blackboard" work by Cy Twombly sold for a record-setting $70.5 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, leading the way to a $295 million total at the auction house's sale of contemporary and post-war art.
After a three-year facelift, Rodin museum in Paris reopens doors
PARIS After three years of renovation, Paris' Musee Rodin reopens its doors this week, with new displays of the French sculptor's works. | Video
Modigliani nude sells for $170 million, second-highest price ever paid at art auction
NEW YORK A Modigliani nude painting was sold to an unnamed Chinese buyer at Christie's on Monday for $170.4 million, the second-highest price ever for a work of art at auction, as deep-pocketed collectors continue to pay, and pay big, for some rare masterpieces up for sale in this year's autumn auctions season. | Video
A treasure trove of 'ancient' archaeology tucked away in Gaza
GAZA Nafez Abed's cramped workroom is filled with sculptures and mosaics with patterns from the Byzantine, Greek and Roman periods. It is an emporium of Middle Eastern antiquity tucked away in Gaza. And none of it is real.
Magna Carta goes on display in Hong Kong
One of the four surviving copies of the 1217 Magna Carta goes on display in Hong Kong this week as part of a global tour marking its 800th anniversary. | Video
Rome's refilled Trevi Fountain basks in restored glory
ROME Water coursed back into Rome's Trevi Fountain for the first time in over a year on Tuesday as the city showed off the latest privately-funded restoration of its prized landmarks.
Keira Knightley makes Broadway debut in Zola's "Therese Raquin"
NEW YORK Keira Knightley makes her Broadway debut in a new adaptation of Emile Zola's "Therese Raquin", taking to the stage as a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who begins an affair with her husband's friend.
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize
BRUSSELS Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the European Union's prize for human rights and freedom of thought on Thursday.
Art biennale 'Saltwater' navigates turbulent Turkish times
ISTANBUL Disparate ideas like a sea-borne zoo, an Aboriginal peace treaty and the lost birdsong of a ruined Armenian capital form a cohesive body of work at this year's Istanbul Biennial, a top international art show taking place in turbulent times.
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Trinidad-born author wins top Canada fiction prize with dog tale
TORONTO Trinidad-born author Andre Alexis on Tuesday won Canada's Giller Prize, the country's richest fiction award, for his novel "Fifteen Dogs", about a group of animals at a Toronto vetÂerinary clinic who gain human consciousness and language.
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