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In New York, Vermeer show reveals art of the love letter
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» NEW YORK - In a special exhibit featuring just three paintings, the Frick Collection in New York is inviting viewers to contemplate the age and the art of seduction by the written word.
Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» XINGYI (CHINA) - Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams juts into the sky in southwestern China, a teetering monument to one man's stubbornness.
Freddie Mercury's private collection goes on show in UK
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» LONDON: From fanciful costumes and working drafts of "Bohemian Rhapsody" to ashtrays and art, hundreds of items Freddie Mercury owned go on show in Britain on Friday before being sold next month.
Is it possible to have too much Picasso?
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» PARIS: Why can't the world get enough of Pablo Picasso? On the 50th anniversary of his death, it seems the appetite for the Spanish master is inexhaustible.
Fireworks, flowers in Wuhan for Lunar New Year but grief lingers
AFP, Published on 22/01/2023
» WUHAN (CHINA) - Three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city of Wuhan into a terrifying lockdown, residents are celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit with fireworks, flowers and offerings to the loved ones they have lost to Covid-19.
Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm's downtown San Francisco headquarters.
Veteran French designer Philippe Starck now looks to space
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» PARIS - Philippe Starck, the prolific French architect and designer who has made everything from lemon juicers to wind turbines, shows no sign of slowing down and is increasingly turning his eye to space.
Defiance by candlelight as Kyiv adapts to blackouts
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: When their apartment block in northern Kyiv goes dark just after 6:00 pm as scheduled, residents Iren Rozdobudko and Igor Zhuk are ready.
Iraq ancient ruins open up to tourism after IS atrocities
AFP, Published on 12/09/2022
» HATRA: Strolling along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq's north, dozens of visitors admired the site, where local initiatives seek to turn over a new leaf after a brief but brutal jihadist rule.
China warns of 'severe' threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BEIJING: China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.