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'Fall of the ogre': Depardieu sparks #MeToo moment in French cinema
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - For more than a year after rape allegations against French actor Gerard Depardieu, the film industry shrugged its shoulders and the cinematic legend with more than 200 titles to his name continued working.
Swiss museum shows controversial Nazi-era art collection
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.
Between exile and the Kremlin: Russian artists split by Ukraine
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» MOSCOW: After the Kremlin launched its offensive in Ukraine last year, Russian punk rocker Vladimir Kotlyarov left his country along with many other artists and cultural figures.
Russian police seize protest artist's work in exhibition raid
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian police seized a protest artist's work in a raid on an anti-war exhibition in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, organisers said.
Will any music stars perform in Qatar?
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» PARIS: Several global stars have refused to take part in the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup, and with two days to go, it is still not clear who will perform.
Paris museum says painting was target of attempted attack
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» PARIS: A young woman tried to throw soup at a painting at the world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris this week, the museum confirmed Sunday, in a similar attack to others by climate activists in Europe.
Art world appalled by attacks on paintings
AFP, Published on 29/10/2022
» PARIS: Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.
Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
Native American actress who refused Oscar for Brando dies at 75
AFP, Published on 03/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist and actress who was booed in 1973 as she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Sunday.
US opioid crisis doc wins top prize at Venice film festival
AFP, Published on 11/09/2022
» VENICE: A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.