For years, the Sicilian Mafia terrorised the Italian public and state, with its highest-profile killings that of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992.
2 years agoAt first glance it seems to be just a modern take on Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring". But look more closely and things get a little strange.
2 years agoHaving directed multiple successful films alongside a rich acting, singing and traditional dance career in the 1940s through the 60s, Ratna Asmara, Indonesia’s first woman director, should be a celebrated figure. Why has her name been forgotten?
2 years agoA new exhibition that celebrates the life of the late Princess Diana opens in Las Vegas on Friday, days after the 25th anniversary of her death in a car crash in Paris.
2 years agoIn a country with strong religious underpinnings, Indonesian ethnic artists face unique challenges in pursuing their craft and preserving their cultures.
2 years agoJust before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak.
2 years agoTextiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago.
2 years agoBandung’s Selasar Sunaryo Art Space’s annual collaborative exhibition titled Titicara offers an expansive discourse on methods through the eyes of women.
2 years agoIndonesian traditional children's games hold special meanings, traditions and origins associated with each of their respective cultures. Here are 20 traditional Indonesian children's games for a nostalgic journey.
2 years agoJakarta’s Salihara cultural center holds an exhibition of puppets in all shapes and sizes that will let one’s imagination wander.
2 years agoAs the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant concluded this week, the contestants in colourful ball gowns swayed as they sang the 19th-century ballad that inspired the competition.
2 years agoIt's an opening night like no other at Mykolaiv's theatre, with the audience ushered down into an underground shelter this week for the first performance since war broke out.
2 years agoNonbinary has always been part of our culture. It's time to recognize and embrace it.
2 years agoOver 20,000 people have flocked to an Iranian museum showcasing renowned Western artists' works, some for the first time -- part of a treasure trove amassed before the Islamic Revolution.
2 years agoLocal jewelry company Amero launches latest collection, inspired by the Borobudur Temple.
2 years agoA cross-cultural fashion exhibition with a diplomatic bent called Karpet Merah Jagantara, which brought new combinations of traditional local fabrics and international forms to South Jakarta, concluded on Tuesday.
2 years agoLight art and interdisciplinary artist Novan Effendy talks about his approach to preserving Damar Kurung lanterns and expanding the meaning of the cultural object native to Gresik, East Java.
2 years agoSix months on from the start of the war, writer Serhiy Zhadan believes that Ukraine will win against Russia thanks to the courage and extraordinary mobilization of its citizens.
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2 years agoThe closest most people get to owning a world-famous artwork is to buy a cheap poster from a gallery, but art dealers are determined to harness technology to draw in new collectors.
2 years agoAt the very heart of Paris, former sailor Rachid Bouanou opens a large green wooden crate mounted on a wall overlooking the Seine, and carefully sets out the old second-hand books he keeps in there to sell to visitors strolling by.
2 years agoFrom the "leaning tower of pizza" to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans' quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo.
2 years agoAnaida Schneider, a former banker based in Switzerland, is among those promoting new ownership schemes -- for a small fee, investors can buy a digital chunk of a painting and share in the profits when she sells.
2 years agoRegeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971, opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, charts key moments in black film history that were either ignored by mainstream Hollywood studios and audiences in their day, or have been long forgotten.
2 years agoThe British artist of Balinese descent delves into the familial with her first solo exhibition in Jakarta.
2 years agoSwiss artist Francois Monthoux's annual project to build clay sculptures on the banks of Switzerland's Toleure river has sprawled into a captivating castle complex this year as the drought afflicting Europe allows him to extend his dream world.
2 years agoBrazilian national Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, was arrested on Wednesday on allegations she was part of a bizarre scheme to defraud her 82-year-old mother, Genevieve Boghici, the wife of the late art collector Jean Boghici, out of money, artwork and jewelry totaling some 724 million reais (US$142.42 million).
2 years agoGede Sukarya has a natural affinity with cows, a highly revered animal in his culture and village of Bulian, North Bali. His exploration into the potential of cowhide, outside of the iconic traditional conventions, realizes new possibilities in contemporary art expressions.
2 years agoLondon's Horniman Museum on Sunday said that it would return dozens of artifacts looted by British soldiers in Nigeria, including 12 of the famed Benin Bronzes.
2 years agoAs many people from other regions in Indonesia migrate to Lampung, the local language strives to survive in its homeland.
2 years agoBritish artist Daniel Lismore's monumental pieces of "wearable art" featuring everything from rubbish to elaborate headgear studded with jewels took center stage at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday.
2 years agoStudies have confirmed the earliest evidence of archery dates back 64,000 years ago with the finding of quartz arrowheads in Sidubu Cave, present-day South Africa. Since then, bows and arrows have continued to develop throughout the world.
2 years agoA team of Peruvian archaeologists uncovered three burials from the Spanish colonial period on top of a pre-Hispanic temple, which may be up to 500 years old.
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