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World Architecture Festival names more category winners

World Architecture Festival names more category winners

A second round of category winners were announced at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin on Thursday, including a resort…
Bowie artworks fetch $30 million in first round of auction leftright 7/7leftright

Bowie artworks fetch $30 million in first round of auction leftright 7/7leftright

A first auction of items from late rock star David Bowie's private art collection has fetched more than $30 million,…
Louvre Abu Dhabi opening further delayed to 2017: sources

Louvre Abu Dhabi opening further delayed to 2017: sources

The official opening of the Abu Dhabi branch of France's Louvre museum has been postponed to 2017 due to pending…
Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards: ’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made in America’ take top honors

Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards: ’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made in America’ take top honors

Ava Duvernay's incendiary prison system investigation '13th' and Ezra Edelman's epic episodic biography "O.J.: Made in America" both received the…
Antiquities Ministry breaks contact with Toledo museum over auction sales

Antiquities Ministry breaks contact with Toledo museum over auction sales

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has banned any future dealings with the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, United States, after the…
UN appoints Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador amid outcry

UN appoints Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador amid outcry

The United Nations named comic-book superhero Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador to fight for gender equality on Friday, amid…
Egypt invites Bokova to inaugurate new UNESCO office

Egypt invites Bokova to inaugurate new UNESCO office

Higher Education Minister Ashraf al-Sheehy said on Friday that he has invited UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to inaugurate the new…
Jay Z, calling juvenile solitary ‘inhumane,’ backs TV series

Jay Z, calling juvenile solitary ‘inhumane,’ backs TV series

Rap superstar Jay Z is helping shine a light on prison reform by co-producing an upcoming TV documentary about a…
Stolen Van Gogh paintings found in Italy, 14 years on

Stolen Van Gogh paintings found in Italy, 14 years on

Two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh stolen in a 2002 heist in the Netherlands have been found, 14 years on,…
Obama says new black history museum tells story of America

Obama says new black history museum tells story of America

President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed hope that a new national museum showcasing the triumphs and tragedies of the African…
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