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AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» ZURICH - A top Swiss museum has run into trouble showing an art collection acquired in questionable circumstances during World War II, with some saying its attempt to put it "in context" does not focus enough on the fate of the art's former Jewish owners.
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» HAVANA - In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically -- or ideologically -- remote.
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Matthew Perry, one of the stars of smash hit TV sitcom "Friends", was found dead at his home Saturday, US media reported. He was 54.
AFP, Published on 28/10/2023
» BERLIN - On stage, the musicians of the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin still play in perfect harmony. But inside, they are reeling.
AFP, Published on 28/10/2023
» BARCELONA - A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo prisoners take pride of place at a new museum in Spain devoted to previously censored art.
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» LONDON - A much-anticipated "new" Beatles record, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released next Thursday, former band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have revealed.
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» TAOYUAN (TAIWAN) - Dressed in a robe fringed with beaded tassels, traditional Taiwanese opera singer Jen Chieh-li applies the final touches to her heavily painted face as she prepares to take the stage.
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» OSLO - Norwegian author Jon Fosse is an all-rounder whose writing is defined more by form than content — what is not said is often more revealing than what is.
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday could go to an overtly political author like a Kremlin critic, or crown a safer or lesser-known writer, experts say.
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» VIENNA - Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.