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Mozart meets his match: Stage hit ‘Amadeus’ comes to screen

Feb 5, 2017

LONDON (AP) -- For a play that makes audience members contemplate their own mediocrity, “Amadeus” is quite the crowd-pleaser. Britain’s National Theatre has a sold-out hit with a revival of Peter Sh...
PyeongChang opens art biennale to add cultural ambiance to winter games

Feb 3, 2017

An international art festival to celebrate the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics will open in the eastern city of Gangneung next week as South Korea is looking for ways to make the global sports e...
No more nerds, sex bombs: Female animators draw away cliches

Jan 25, 2017

SANTA CLARITA, California (AP) - The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney’s desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years...
UK’s Tate art galleries get first female chief

Jan 18, 2017

LONDON (AFP) - Britain’s prestigious Tate institution, which runs four of the country’s best known art galleries, announced Tuesday it would have its first female director with the appointment of Mar...
Milan’s Brera protects artworks after humidity system fails

Jan 16, 2017

MILAN (AP) - Restorers at Milan’s famous Brera Art Gallery have taken measures to protect the collection after its humidity control system failed during a “once-in-a-decade” dry, cold spell that move...
Jun Joon-hyuk joins Britain's Royal Ballet, its 1st Korean ballerino

Jan 11, 2017

Jun Joon-hyuk will join Britain's Royal Ballet in August, becoming the first Korean ballerino to become a member of the prestigious group of dancers, he said Wednesday. "I officially got the offer f...
France blocks sale of rare Da Vinci ‘Saint Sebastian’

Jan 11, 2017

PARIS (AFP) -- France has deemed a newfound Leonardo da Vinci sketch to be a national treasure and now has 30 months to raise 15 million euros ($15.8 million) to purchase it, an auction house said Tu...
‘A designer’s designer’: NY exhibit showcases Chareau

Jan 11, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than a decade before Philip Johnson designed his iconic Glass House, French designer and architect Pierre Chareau designed the Maison de Verre in 1932 in Paris. It featured one ...
Koo Hye-sun paints fear, uncertainty in ‘Dark Yellow’

Jan 6, 2017

In the art exhibition “Dark Yellow,” actress Koo Hye-sun’s color of choice symbolized the contradictory nature of fearing what had once been a source of inspiration. “My favorite color used to be ye...
Madrid to hold major Picasso exhibit for ‘Guernica’ anniversary

Jan 4, 2017

MADRID (AFP) - Madrid’s Reina Sofia museum said Tuesday it would stage a major Pablo Picasso exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of his famed “Guernica” painting, a universal symbol of the cruelt...
Performances to look out for in 2017

Jan 1, 2017

Major arts venues offer shows that range from the avant-garde to the classical
Germany says had to cancel show of Iran shah’s art trove

Dec 28, 2016

BERLIN (AFP) -- German cultural officials said Tuesday they had to cancel a planned Berlin exhibition of an Iranian treasure trove of Western modern art after Tehran refused to provide an export perm...
Heated debate continues over authenticity of ‘Beautiful Woman’

Dec 27, 2016

The debate on whether the painting “Beautiful Woman” is a genuine work by late Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja is far from over, despite the prosecutors’ recent conclusion that the piece was Chun’s creat...
17 stolen masterpieces returned to Italy with only scratches

Dec 22, 2016

VERONA, Italy (AP) -- Seventeen masterpieces valued at 17 million euros ($17.7 million) were returned to Italy from Ukraine on Wednesday after being stolen by masked, armed robbers from a Verona art ...
French art analysis firm lashes out against Korean prosecution’s report

Dec 21, 2016

Lumiere Technology stands by its September report that ‘Beautiful Woman’ is most likely a forgery