Art


Art Paris goes ahead in spite of the virus

THE coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of the premier global art fairs since March, stymieing the main commercial artery of the multibillion-dollar industry. But Art Paris, France’s second-biggest ...

September 13, 2020, Sunday


NY art museum reopens with cap on visitors

WITH visitors raising their arms in a sign of victory, clapping and lining up eagerly at ticket windows, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened its doors to the public last weekend in a festive ...

September 6, 2020, Sunday


Locals enjoy rare calm at UK museums

GETTING close to the animated T-Rex at London’s Natural History Museum normally requires long queues and sharp elbows. But today, only a handful of children shriek in delight as it roars. With tourists ...

August 30, 2020, Sunday


Classical music whizz takes genre by storm

HE is the new wunderkind of classical music. At only 24, the young Finn Klaus Makela has been appointed musical director of the Orchestre de Paris. While he may seem head-spinningly young for such a post, ...

July 26, 2020, Sunday


Old Golan rock art sheds light on mystical culture

THE chance discovery of lines carved into the boulders of an ancient tomb in what is now the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights could offer new insight into an enigmatic culture that thrived thousands of ...

July 26, 2020, Sunday


Dancers adapt to staging productions online

HOW do you create dance in the age of coronavirus when dancers are not supposed to touch each other and stay 1 or 2 meters apart? All across the world choreographers grapple with the challenge of creating ...

July 5, 2020, Sunday


‘Mona Lisa’ back to grindstone as Louvre reopens

THE “Mona Lisa” found herself all alone. The coronavirus pandemic had emptied her room at the Louvre Museum of its usual throngs of admirers. In a silence worthy of a cathedral, she gazed undisturbed ...

July 5, 2020, Sunday


Photographers go to fashion and beyond

n array of photos on display at Shanghai Center of Photography presents thought-provoking reflections on fashion photography dating back to the 1980s. A collaboration with the Foundation for the Exhibition ...

June 28, 2020, Sunday


Theaters in UK adapt to social distancing

London’s West End has traditionally drawn people from all over the world to see its shows but theaters have been forced to reinvent themselves because of the coronavirus outbreak. Fifteen million tickets ...

June 21, 2020, Sunday


Sculptor creates 3D floating house

A Czech sculptor has teamed up with a group of architects to create a 3D-printed house prototype that could become a holiday home for the future. The house is being printed from special concrete in the ...

June 21, 2020, Sunday




 

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