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Banksy works offered for ‘private sale’ in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Secretive British street artist Banksy often paints on walls at night and has complained when people remove and re-sell his works, so he is sure to be infuriated by Sotheby's offering of about 70 items for "private…
Edinburgh Fringe takes over numerous venues for huge festival
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - With venues ranging from a 16th-century courtyard house to a converted church, Edinburgh’s annual Fringe Festival has unveiled its 2014 program with productions from 47 countries around the world. Marking the…
Disgruntled performers threaten French summer festivals
PARIS (Reuters) - Performers, technicians and other casual workers in the French arts world are threatening to step up strikes to thwart the country's top summer festivals in protest at cuts to their unemployment insurance…
NYC woman’s lawsuit over art looted by Nazis is revived
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has revived a New York City woman's lawsuit to force a California museum to return two life-size panels by German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder that were looted by the Nazis…
Terry Gilliam gives Berlioz’s ‘Cellini’ a Python touch
LONDON (Reuters) - Anyone attending the premiere of Berlioz's rarely seen opera "Benvenuto Cellini", directed by Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam at the English National Opera, could be forgiven for thinking it was a preview for the…
John Lennon manuscripts, drawings sell for $2.9 million at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Original manuscripts and drawings by former Beatle John Lennon, produced for two acclaimed books he wrote in the mid-1960s, sold for $2.9 million on Wednesday, more than double the pre-sale estimate, Sotheby's…
John Lennon manuscripts, drawings to be sold at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Original manuscripts and autographed drawings for two acclaimed books produced by former Beatle John Lennon in the mid-1960s will be sold at auction next week in New York, Sotheby's said on Thursday. Eighty…
Broadway grosses up 11.4 percent this season, over last
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New musicals, original plays, revivals and star performers boosted Broadway's grosses this season more than 11 percent and pushed attendance up 5.6 percent, according to figures released on Tuesday. Forty-four…
Seoul bus station blaze
video transcript At least six people died when fire swept through this bus terminal on the outskirts of Seoul. About 40 more were injured in the blaze on Monday. The complex also has shops and a cinema.…
Vandalised Rothko painting rehung in London after pioneering restoration
LONDON (Reuters) - (This May 13, 2014 story was refiled to correct the final words in quote in last paragraph and adds how Reuters received a copy of Umanets' video statement) A Mark Rothko painting vandalized at London's Tate Modern…