Tag: Art & culture

A month-long folk art and craft fair titled ‘Lok-Karushilpa Mela O Lokojo Utsab-2014’ will begin at Bangladesh Lok O Karu Shilpa Foundation in Sonargaon of Narayanganj on Friday.

The government has announced to give the National Film Award 2012 to 24 artists and film professionals in recognition of their outstanding contributions to development of Bengali movies. 

‘Light and Sound Show’ set up at Lalbagh Fort in the capital to project the history of the 17th century Mughal fort complex will be inaugurated on Friday.   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the aesthetic show, first of its…

New York – Just days ahead of the release of a George Clooney film about the search for art plundered during World War Two, U.S. officials announced plans on Wednesday to repatriate to Poland a Johann Conrad Seekatz painting stolen…

Three people were injured when part of the set collapsed on to members of the audience during an acrobatic show at a north London venue. It happened at the Fuerzabruta show at the Roundhouse in Camden on Friday night. Eyewitness…

oes Sundance deserve its reputation for bringing edgy, independent cinema to light? As the festival turns 30, Tom Brook investigates. It’s hard to believe that Utah, one of the most conservative states in the US, could have become the incubator…

US Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire is to end after its upcoming fifth season, HBO has announced. The decision comes three months after the cable network renewed the show for a fifth outing. “We’ve decided to wrap up the series after…

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has announced the acquisition of one of the world’s most significant collections of modern Chinese art.

Two signed Damien Hirst works of art worth £33,000 have been stolen from a west London gallery four days after being displayed.

Celebrated British jazz pianist Stan Tracey has died aged 86, his family have confirmed.

A Depression era view of New Jersey by Edward Hopper has sold for $40m (£24.4m), setting an auction record for the US artist.

An original drawing of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh playing Poohsticks is being auctioned by Sotheby’s in London.

By Neil Smith Dame Helen Mirren has won another award for her portrayal of the Queen.

Dhaka – A 10-day solo art exhibition of artist Nazir Hossain began at Gallery Cosmos-2 in the city on Friday.

Hundreds of people have been queuing at a Bristol arts centre since the early hours for open auditions for parts in the next Star Wars film. Producer Lucasfilm is seeking two actors for roles in the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode…

By Solvej Schou “You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy,” snarls Sir Anthony Hopkins as the white-haired and bearded god Odin to his rebellious son in 2011’s Marvel Studios film Thor.

By Todd Cunningham How big a hammer will “Thor: The Dark World” bring down at the box office when it hits 3,841 U.S. theaters Friday?

By Neil Smith The eighth London Korean Film Festival opens this week, offering UK audiences the chance to see a number of titles that have enjoyed unexpected box office success in their home country.

Some of the works of Nazi-looted art presented in Munich on Tuesday were confiscated by the Allies after World War Two, and later returned to an art dealer, say German media reports.

Previously unknown artworks by masters are among more than 1,400 pieces found in a trove of Nazi-looted art in Munich, German officials say.

A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say.

Michael Trevino, who plays the sexy hybrid on “The Vampire Diaries,” has confirmed he will be the first “TVD” cast member to appear on the CW’s New Orleans-set spinoff, “The Originals.”

One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot protest band has vanished from sight since she was moved to a new prison 10 days ago, reports from Russia say.

Ewan McGregor is to make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Sir Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play The Real Thing. The Trainspotting star will play Henry, a playwright whose marriage comes under strain after he embarks on an…

A painting described as the definitive portrait of Jane Austen is to be sold at auction in December. The watercolour, which has rarely been seen in public, has remained in the Austen family since it was created.

A planned concert by US pop star Kesha has been banned by Malaysian authorities, who say it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.

British actor Tim Roth is to star as Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a film about football’s governing body.

A prominent Australian artist who was jailed earlier this year for robbing a convenience store while high on drugs has won a major national art prize. Nigel Milsom was awarded the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, winning $150,000, for his…