Arts
Berlin red light district turns into art hub
BERLIN - A shabby area of Berlin best known for its curb-crawling prostitutes and drug dealers is recovering some of the Bohemian allure of its glory days in the 1920s as low rents and its central location lure art galleries.
Cuban surrealist Lam painting tops Latam art sale
NEW YORK - A painting by Cuban surrealist Wifredo Lam, named for an African Yoruba goddess also worshipped in the Caribbean, led Sotheby's strongest Latin American evening art sale ever on Wednesday night.
Book Talk: Author explores Jewish sect she left
TOKYO - Like the characters of her book, Anouk Markovits grew up inside the strict Satmar Hasidic Jewish sect, where reading novels was frowned upon and she was expected to wed in an arranged marriage at a young age.
Gunter Sachs' collection fetches $65.5 million at auction
- One of Andy's Warhol's last self-portraits was the top selling item in a two-day sale in London of about 300 paintings, photographs and furniture from the collection of billionaire Gunter Sachs, which totaled more than $65.5 million.
Hong Kong in art bonanza - but will it last?
HONG KONG - The eyes of the global art world are fixed on Hong Kong - for now.
Comic book "X-Men" plan same-sex superhero wedding
LOS ANGELES - Marvel comic book crime fighters X-Men have put down their weapons and picked up wedding rings for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world, set for June.
Bill dispute highlight of Edinburgh Old Masters show
EDINBURGH - An engaging 17th century Dutch painting of an argument between a drinker and landlady over a bill is one of a number of major works that has gone on display in Edinburgh from the Bute Collection, one of the largest and finest private collections of old masters in Britain.
Dinosaur skeleton fetches $1.05 million at disputed U.S. auction
- A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for $1.05 million at auction in New York on Sunday, although the sale has been disputed by the Mongolian government, which has questioned whether it was obtained legally.
Treasures of Italy's Marche region on show at Vatican
VATICAN CITY - If you wanted to admire masterpieces of religious art by Titian, Raphael, Lorenzo Lotto, Guido Reni, Carlo Crivelli and other masters in museums around Italy's central Marche region, it could cost you a few weeks of time and a hefty hotel bill.
Broadway play's echoes of Bo scandal may prevent China staging
NEW YORK - China's biggest political scandal in two decades is likely to have dashed playwright David Henry Hwang's hopes of bringing his Broadway play "Chinglish" to mainland China anytime soon.
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