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Page from Tintin moon adventure may raise $1m at auction

PARIS (AFP) - A page of original comic strip drawings from one of the best Tintin adventures, “Explorers on the Moon,” is expected to sell for up to $1 million when it goes under the hammer later thi...

Nov 8, 2016
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Hockney, de Kooning highlight NY contemporary art auction

NEW YORK (AP) -- Works by Gerhard Richter, Willem de Kooning and David Hockney will highlight Sotheby's contemporary art auction later this month. The Nov. 17 auction also will feature paintings by ...

Nov 7, 2016
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MMCA denies allegations of ‘Beautiful Woman’ forgery

The state-run National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art rejected forgery allegations against the late Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja’s renowned painting “Beautiful Woman” on Nov. 4. After visitin...

Nov 6, 2016
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France's only erotic museum shuts down

France’s only erotic museum is closing its doors, its owners said Thursday, after passions flagged in the “city of love” for its titillating though surprisingly tasteful collection of artefacts. Jus...

Nov 6, 2016
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Nobel laureate Bob Dylan’s artwork in major London show

LONDON (AP) -- The timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s opening of “The Beaten Path,” a major exhibit of Bob Dylan’s artworks at the Halcyon Gallery on London’s pricey New Bond Street. Worldwide...

Nov 3, 2016
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24th annual Daesan Literary Awards announces winners

The 24th annual Daesan Literary Awards has announced the winners of Korea’s most valuable annual literary prizes for this year. This year’s winners are Lee Jang-wook for his book of poetry titled “B...

Nov 2, 2016
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Is Van Gogh's famous bed lurking in a Dutch attic?

THE HAGUE (AFP) -- A bed first made famous by Vincent van Gogh's 1888 painting “The Bedroom” may today still be lurking in a home or attic in a small Dutch town, an art historian said Sunday. Britai...

Oct 31, 2016
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Art star Basquiat showcased in Italy retrospective

MILAN (AFP) -- New York’s Eighties art scene is coming to Milan with a show dedicated to the late Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose works now sell for phenomenal sums. From his chi...

Oct 31, 2016
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[Herald Review] Contemporary ballet meets Korean folklore in ‘Sin-si’

The Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theater’s latest production “Sin-Si, the Festival of the Sun” is the epitome of stage culture fusion, unifying contemporary and classical ballet movements with traditiona...

Oct 27, 2016
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Marcia Haydee to direct Korean National Ballet in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’

Ballerina-turned-choreographer reflects on initial reluctance to direct, greater lesson behind fairy-tale classic

Oct 25, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Korean cultural figures accused of sexual harassment

A number of prominent individuals in the Korean literary and art worlds -- including a poet, a contemporary art museum curator and a novelist whose recent work explored a love affair between a high s...

Oct 24, 2016
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Flemish ‘Mystic Lamb’ masterpiece restored after chaotic past

GHENT, Belgium (AFP) -- A painstaking restoration of a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece is revealing the long-lost detail and splendor that helped make the altarpiece one of the world’s most stolen a...

Oct 24, 2016
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A true nomad at heart

Cosmopolitan artist Koo Jeong-a talks about her drawing project that records her traveling, exhibiting around the world

Oct 23, 2016
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[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar

Dance French dance company Compagnie DCA performs “Contact.” (Official website) “Sleeping Beauty”: Korean National Ballet will perform “Sleeping Beauty” at the Seoul Arts Center Opera House from N...

Oct 21, 2016
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David Hockney makes splash at Frankfurt fair with 2,000-euro book

FRANKFURT (AFP) -- British contemporary artist David Hockney unveiled a 500-page art book at the Frankfurt fair Wednesday that is so large it comes with its own stand -- and a price tag of 2,000 euro...

Oct 20, 2016
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