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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 agoCan theater convey emotion and reach audiences through a virtual stage? Mime artist Asita Kaladewa had his initial doubts proven wrong when Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja uploaded his latest work on YouTube.
5 years agoEdinburgh's international festivals were cancelled for the first time in 70 years on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said, in the latest blow for Britain's thriving arts scene.
5 years agoA second woman has broken her silence about being groomed and controlled by the disgraced French pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff.
5 years agoThe annual Bali Arts Festival, which was scheduled to take place from June to July, has been canceled amid fears of COVID-19.
5 years agoThe 1884 painting, titled the "Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring", was taken during a pre-dawn break-in at the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam.
5 years agoSemarang-based artist collective Kolektif Hysteria presented its Penta KLabs project for the 2019 YouFab Global Creative Awards.
5 years agoA humble school in Yogyakarta offers lessons on "macapat" and the Javanese script.
5 years agoSwitzerland's Basel Art Museum will pay an undisclosed sum to heirs of a German art historian, it said on Friday, concluding it bought works from his personal collection in the 1930s after he was persecuted by the Nazi government.
5 years agoThe legendary Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has announced it will broadcast its best classic performances online for free.
5 years agoThe performances can be watched on the Budaya Saya YouTube channel.
5 years agoWith concert halls, restaurants and most shops shut, public life in Germany has ground to a halt as the population is urged to stay home to help contain the spread of the virus.
5 years agoCleaning crews descended upon the landmark Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Monday, dousing it with disinfectants as fears mount over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
5 years agoAs an artist who finds his inspiration in everyday objects, Ari Bayuaji is preparing an exhibition based on plastic rope, string and fishnets found in the ocean.
5 years agoWith museums and galleries closing in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, cultural institutions are trying to be innovative to offer activities in line with the "social distancing" guidelines.
5 years agoThe Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa) and the blockbuster National Theatre’s War Horse are the latest casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. The two biggest productions on Singapore’s upcoming cultural calendar have been cancelled.
5 years agoUK freelance musicians, among the vulnerable self-employed groups during the coronavirus crisis, fear they have been "thrown under a bus" by the government after being excluded from a state wage guarantee.
5 years agoOnline viewing rooms of Art Basel Hong Kong were unveiled on Friday, with 235 leading galleries from 31 countries and territories presenting over 2,000 premier artworks.
5 years agoThe coronavirus epidemic has forced organizers to cancel the ogoh-ogoh (usually giant menacing effigies) parade, which aims to prevent bhuta kala (evil spirits) from disturbing the commemoration of Nyepi.
5 years agoLin-Manuel Miranda and Agustina San Martín will spend two years in close collaboration.
5 years agoShanti Seshadri honors her family’s culture and traditions by turning her home into a “mini park” to celebrate India’s Navaratri festival.
5 years agoBetween washing your hands and calling your grandparents, here are a few Instagram artists' accounts you might consider browsing in a bid to keep calm.
5 years agoA small village in Central Java remains the only hub that produces a special kind of batik that is almost on the brink of extinction.
5 years agoA former political prisoner, renowned artist Djoko Pekik outlived his persecutors, retaini
5 years agoFollowing the closure of several museums in order to avoid the spread of COVID-19, the Culture Directorate General of the Education and Culture Ministry has encouraged the public to visit the currently closed locations virtually instead.
5 years agoThe creative space complex, M Bloc Space in South Jakarta’s Blok M, says it remains open for business despite canceling all of its scheduled events in March over fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
5 years agoThe conductor at Royal Opera of Versailles strode up onto the rostrum baton in hand to attack Beethoven's Fifth, before turning to bow to the audience. Except there was no one there other than his orchestra.
5 years agoOriginally scheduled to take place at Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City on April 17 to 19, Art Moments Jakarta has been postponed to due to the spread of COVID-19.
5 years agoFrancis Bacon's 'Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus' will likely be one of the highlights of Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art evening sale.
5 years agoA choreographer favored by superstars like Madonna, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Damien Jalet is on a mission to reinvent perceptions of the body and make viewers question their own human identity.
5 years agoAnish Kapoor secured exclusive rights to make art with the Vantablack S-VIS material in 2016, sparking outrage at the time across the international artists' community for monopolizing the pigment.
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