Arts
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Warhol ‘Mao’ painting sold for $12.6 million in Hong Kong
Apr 3, 2017News Hour: An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong has sold for $12.6 million at a Hong Kong auction, less than the $15 million it was expected to fetch. The painting was... -
London exhibition elevates selfies as an art form
Mar 31, 2017News Hour: From Old Masters’ self-portraits to contemporary selfies taken on phones, a London exhibition explores the creative potential of a mode of expression whose modern form is often derided as inane. The British capital’s Saatchi... -
Professor finds Lithuania’s ‘birth certificate’ in German archive
Mar 30, 2017News Hour: A professor said on Thursday he had found a copy of Lithuania’s lost declaration of independence languishing in a German archive, an achievement hailed by authorities as the discovery of the nation’s “birth certificate”.... -
Picasso’s first wife emerges from the shadows
Mar 29, 2017News Hour: She was Picasso’s forgotten wife, written out of history as a “neurotic”, snobbish depressive who was a drag on the great artist. But a new exhibition is shining a very different light on Olga... -
$60 million ‘Pink Star’ diamond goes back on sale next month
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: A 59.60-carat diamond known as “The Pink Star” is returning to auction next month and could fetch a record $60 million, three years since it was sold for even more – only for the... -
Marx’s German birthplace to accept controversial Chinese statue
Mar 15, 2017News Hour: The German city of Trier has decided to accept a towering statue of Karl Marx from China marking next year’s 200th birthday of the founding father of communism, despite some suggestions it sends a... -
Sistine Chapel gets full digital treatment for future restorations
Mar 13, 2017News Hour: The last time the entire Sistine Chapel was photographed for posterity, digital photography was in its infancy and words like pixels were bandied about mostly by computer nerds and NASA scientists. Now, after decades... -
Klimt painting sells for record breaking $59 million
Mar 13, 2017News Hour: A painting of flowers by Gustav Klimt sold in London for 48 million pounds ($59 million), a record for a work by the Austrian artist and the third-highest price for any work sold at... -
Luxury tycoon Arnault to revamp Paris museum
Mar 9, 2017News Hour: French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault is expanding his art museum empire with plans to renovate a disused public building near his Louis Vuitton Foundation on the outskirts of Paris. The Musee National des... -
British Olympian Mo Farah slams Trump ban, says makes him ‘alien’ in U.S
Jan 29, 2017News Hour: British Olympic champion Mo Farah condemned U.S. President Trump’s curbs on immigrants and visitors as coming “from a place of ignorance and prejudice” and said they would make him an “alien” in the United...
