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• • 08.03.2010

    Kathryn Bigelow first woman to win Oscar best director

    Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in history to win the Oscar for best director here Sunday, claiming the coveted prize for her Iraq war dram...

  • 27.02.2010

    Future US embassy in Britain a 'timeless' vision in glass

    The United States announced Tuesday that it has chosen a cutting-edge, energy-efficient design by acclaimed US architecture firm KieranTimberlake f...

  • 25.02.2010

    Jarre concerts to be filmed with 3-D Avatar cameras

    Two concerts next month by French electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre are to be filmed in 3-D with the same cameras used to shoot James Cam...

  • 23.02.2010

    True story behind Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' to be published

    A non-fiction book based on the events that inspired Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is due to be published by HarperCollins, announced The Bookse...

  • 21.02.2010

    Caravaggio blockbuster to open in Rome

    Rome is hosting the largest number of Caravaggio paintings ever collected in one city with an exhibit set to open Saturday to celebrate the 400th...

  • 19.02.2010

    Scorsese’s thriller : not seducing the critics.

    Scorsese’s Shutter Island, a psychological thriller set in the 1950s, follows an investigation of a murderess, who has vanished from a hospital fo...

  • 16.02.2010

    Polanski's 'The Ghost Writer' a Berlin award candidate

    Master of suspense, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, was unable to attend the premiere last weekend at the Berlinale, but the film is among...

  • 15.02.2010

    UK threatening to boycott Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

    Tim Burton’s fans in the UK might be disappointed, as cinemas are considering to boycott Alice in Wonderland, and will have to wait for a direct-t...

  • 14.02.2010

    The Armory Show in New York

    The Armory Show is one of the leading fine art fairs in the USA devoted to 20th and 21st centuries art. In its eleven years, the fair has become an...

  • 14.02.2010

    Major Lucien Freud Retrospective in Paris

    The Centre Pompidou is to pay tribute to Lucian Freud, one of the greatest of contemporary painters. Now 88 years old, he is one of the world'smost...

• • 03.03.2010

    VitraHaus by Herzog & De Meuron Opens

    Since no interior space was available for the presentation of the Home Collection on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Vitra commissioned Basel-ba...

  • 26.02.2010

    Odeon, Disney agree deal over 'Alice In Wonderland'

    Cinema chain Odeon said Thursday it would screen Tim Burton's new movie "Alice In Wonderland" in Britain, Ireland and Italy after resolv...

  • 24.02.2010

    Elton John's music and life inspire ballet

    Dancers have performed to Billy Joel on Broadway, Cirque du Soleil dances an Elvis show in Las Vegas, The Alberta Ballet of Calgary is touring wit...

  • 21.02.2010

    The Complex Mind of Vincent Van Gogh At the Royal Academy, London

    The Royal Academy of Arts presents a landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The exhibition focuses on the artist's remark...

  • 21.02.2010

    Monet contrasted with abstract art at Madrid exhibit

    A major exhibition of works by Claude Monet opens in Madrid on Tuesday with organisers hoping it will give a "new vision" of the French...

  • 17.02.2010

    'Restless': Ron Arad exhibition in London

    Ron Arad: 'Restless' is the first major exhibition of designer/ architect/ artist/Ron Arad and opens at Barbican Art Gallery on 18 February 2010....

  • 16.02.2010

    Brit Insurance Design Awards: Exhibition opens

    London's Design Museum opens an exhibition February 17 showcasing the nominees for this year's Brit Insurance Design Awards, which span seven cate...

  • 15.02.2010

    The Eco Kitchen of the Future

    This green Ekokook kitchen by Faltazi design is one of the most well-researched culinary concepts we have seen. Ekokook proposes that in the future...

  • 14.02.2010

    Eric Clapton Announces Third Crossroads Guitar Festival

    The Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer are among the artists guit...

  • 11.02.2010

    Shakespeare Company (RSC) to occupy the NY Armory in 2011

    The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) plans to come to New York in July and August 2011 for an unprecedented six-week residency. For the first time i...