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Nobel laureate Bob Dylan’s artwork in major London show

LONDON (AP) -- The timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s opening of “The Beaten Path,” a major exhibit of Bob Dylan’s artworks at the Halcyon Gallery on London’s pricey New Bond Street. Worldwide...

Nov 3, 2016
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24th annual Daesan Literary Awards announces winners

The 24th annual Daesan Literary Awards has announced the winners of Korea’s most valuable annual literary prizes for this year. This year’s winners are Lee Jang-wook for his book of poetry titled “B...

Nov 2, 2016
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Is Van Gogh's famous bed lurking in a Dutch attic?

THE HAGUE (AFP) -- A bed first made famous by Vincent van Gogh's 1888 painting “The Bedroom” may today still be lurking in a home or attic in a small Dutch town, an art historian said Sunday. Britai...

Oct 31, 2016
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Art star Basquiat showcased in Italy retrospective

MILAN (AFP) -- New York’s Eighties art scene is coming to Milan with a show dedicated to the late Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose works now sell for phenomenal sums. From his chi...

Oct 31, 2016
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[Herald Review] Contemporary ballet meets Korean folklore in ‘Sin-si’

The Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theater’s latest production “Sin-Si, the Festival of the Sun” is the epitome of stage culture fusion, unifying contemporary and classical ballet movements with traditiona...

Oct 27, 2016
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Marcia Haydee to direct Korean National Ballet in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’

Ballerina-turned-choreographer reflects on initial reluctance to direct, greater lesson behind fairy-tale classic

Oct 25, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Korean cultural figures accused of sexual harassment

A number of prominent individuals in the Korean literary and art worlds -- including a poet, a contemporary art museum curator and a novelist whose recent work explored a love affair between a high s...

Oct 24, 2016
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Flemish ‘Mystic Lamb’ masterpiece restored after chaotic past

GHENT, Belgium (AFP) -- A painstaking restoration of a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece is revealing the long-lost detail and splendor that helped make the altarpiece one of the world’s most stolen a...

Oct 24, 2016
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A true nomad at heart

Cosmopolitan artist Koo Jeong-a talks about her drawing project that records her traveling, exhibiting around the world

Oct 23, 2016
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[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar

Dance French dance company Compagnie DCA performs “Contact.” (Official website) “Sleeping Beauty”: Korean National Ballet will perform “Sleeping Beauty” at the Seoul Arts Center Opera House from N...

Oct 21, 2016
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David Hockney makes splash at Frankfurt fair with 2,000-euro book

FRANKFURT (AFP) -- British contemporary artist David Hockney unveiled a 500-page art book at the Frankfurt fair Wednesday that is so large it comes with its own stand -- and a price tag of 2,000 euro...

Oct 20, 2016
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Yoko Ono unveils her first permanent US art installation

CHICAGO (AFP) -- Yoko Ono, whose last recorded song with John Lennon was inspired by Chicago, unveiled here Tuesday the final piece of her first permanent US art installation. The sculpture, which i...

Oct 20, 2016
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Juliet at 53: Prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri defies all odds

Having ovecome insecurity over her age, Ferri ready to dance with Romeo 20 years her junior

Oct 19, 2016
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New light shines on Botticelli masterpieces

FLORENCE, Italy (AFP) -- Two of the most famous works of Sandro Botticelli, “Spring” and the “Birth of Venus,” were unveiled in a new setting Monday, following extensive renovation work at Florence’s...

Oct 18, 2016
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Harvard museum to dust off curiosities long kept in storage

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- As one of the world’s oldest museums dedicated to anthropology turns 150, it’s undergoing some big changes to showcase its significant role in developing the discipline. Lea...

Oct 18, 2016
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