Arts
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$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... -
Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art welcomes first visitors since 2014 bombing
Jan 22, 2017News Hour: Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art, home to one of the world’s most important collections of Islamic artifacts, is welcoming visitors for the first time since it was damaged in a car bombing three years... -
‘Sultan Mela’ begins tomorrow in Narail
Jan 14, 2017News Hour: A seven-day ‘Sultan Mela (fair)’ in remembrance of the 92th birth anniversary of celebrated artist SM Sultan will begin in front of Sultan Mancha on Narail Government Victoria College premises tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. SM... -
London museum bids farewell to Dippy the dinosaur
Jan 6, 2017News Hour: Britain’s Natural History Museum bids farewell to its most famous exhibit, Dippy the diplodocus, on Wednesday after almost four decades of greeting visitors before being dismantled ahead of a national tour. For 35 years,... -
Discover the Wonders of Yangzhou with Google Arts & Culture [VIDEO]
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Google has uploaded a video on their youtube channel named ‘Discover the Wonders of Yangzhou with Google Arts & Culture’ Walk the streets of one of China’s oldest towns on Google Arts & Culture... -
Artist Liu Bolin live streams Beijing smog to raise awareness
Dec 19, 2016News Hour: Chinese artist Liu Bolin, known as “the invisible man” for using painted-on camouflage to blend into the backdrops of his photographs, says his latest project aims to put the spotlight on China’s air pollution...
