LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain’s Royal Academy has made detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei an honorary member alongside Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the prestigious London art institution said on Wednesday. The title of Honorary Academician goes to artists n…
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain’s Royal Academy has made detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei an honorary member alongside Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the prestigious London art institution said on Wednesday. The title of Honorary Academician goes to artists n…
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Chinese police said a company controlled by artist Ai Weiwei had evaded a “huge amount” of taxes, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, the first indication of the “economic crimes” behind his detention, which has triggered an inte…
BEIJING (AP).- A state-run Chinese newspaper on Wednesday brushed aside international concerns over the fate of a prominent artist and activist missing since the weekend, calling him a maverick who lacks respect for the country’s laws. Human rights gro…
MANCHESTER.- 95 years after a famous British First World War hero attempted to ram a German U-boat with his merchant ship – and was later killed for his lifesaving actions – he is to be remembered by a new display at Imperial War Museum North. Historic…
MOSCOW (AP).- Two Russian curators who angered the Russian Orthodox Church with an exhibition that included images of Jesus Christ portrayed as Mickey Mouse and Vladimir Lenin were convicted Monday of inciting religious hatred and fined, but escaped pr…
