LONDON (REUTERS).- Lowry’s lonely people, Tracey Emin’s scrawlings and a mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I are just a few of the gems from the British government’s art collection unveiled to the public for the first time this week. The exhibition, at…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Egypt Court Jails Officials Over Stolen Van Gogh’s "Vase with Viscaria"
Cairo, Egypt – A Cairo court has jailed up to eleven local Government officials, including Mohsen Shaalan the head of the culture ministry’s fine arts department over the theft of a priceless Van Gogh painting worth at least $50m (£32m). It was sto…
Historic Pennsylvania Playhouse Gets New Lease on Life
By: Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP).- A theater revival of a different sort is being staged at a historic playhouse that was facing the final curtain. The Bucks County Playhouse in the Philadelphia suburb of New Hope, which went …