Curated Video
Activists take part latest anti-World Cup demo
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to protest against Brazil hosting the World Cup, which will begin in June.
The demonstrators braved the rain to hold up banners, bang drums and chant anti-World Cup slogans...
Curated Video
Russian art sales thriving
Saint Petersburg, Russia - 24 November, 2010
1. Wide of exterior Inzhenerny Castle (branch of Russian State Museum) where pre-auction exhibition taking place +Night Shot+
2. Interior of castle, mid of musicians playing violins
3. Wide...
Curated Video
Two stolen paintings returned by US collectors
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLa Paz - 9 April 20151. Close of "Virgin of Candelaria" painting 2. "Virgin of Candelaria" painting and "Escape to Egypt" painting3. Various of "Escape to Egypt"...
Curated Video
Bronx Arts Museum kicks off artistic exchange
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST AP TELEVISION- AP CLIENTS ONLYHavana, Cuba - 21 May 2015 1. Banner at exhibition reading (English) " Wild Noise. Bronx/Havana"2. Exhibition room3. Tilt down from kites to curators and...
Curated Video
Imperial Porcelain goes on show
The 270th anniversary of the Imperial Porcelain factory is being celebrated with a special exhibition in Moscow.
More than 1,000 pieces are on display at Tsaritsyno Big palace, organised in conjunction with the State Hermitage Museum....
Curated Video
Composers Gustavo Dudamel and Gustavo Santaolalla discuss music and film at LA event
A trio of music greats - Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Santaolalla and John Williams - converged at LA County Museum of Art, Monday (July 21) to discuss their roles in making movie magic.
"I have to say that I feel extremely honored to have...
Curated Video
Influential and contemporary artists featured at curtain-raising art fair
Big, bold and up for sale.
Here at London's Art Fair, the UK's largest fair for Modern British and contemporary art, 130 galleries are exhibiting some of their most prized pieces.
Now in it's 26th edition, the Art Fair is hosting a...
Curated Video
Belgium returns stolen head of Augustus to Italy
Belgian officials returned a Roman work of art called the Head of Augustus to Italy on Tuesday.Augustus dates back to the 1st century BC and was stolen about 40 years ago from a museum in Nepi, a small town near Rome.It has been on...
Curated Video
Bjork's costumes to go on auction
BJORK STYLE TO GO UNDER HAMMERBjork's unique style can now be bought for a price.Some of the Icelandic singer's quirky stage costumes, created especially for her, will go under the hammer in London in the coming weeks.Bjork is auctioning...
Curated Video
THE LOUVRE OPENS ITS DOORS FOR FERRAGAMO CATWALK SHOW
For the first time in its almost 900-year history, the French capital's iconic Louvre Museum has opened up its doors to fashion: a catwalk show by Italian house Salvatore Ferragamo.
Though several catwalks, including Louis Vuitton's,...
Curated Video
Art from the Middle East features at prominent Art Basel fair
LEAD IN:This year's Art Basel contemporary art fair in Switzerland is featuring high-profile works by Middle Eastern artists and works inspired by events in the region. The works range from large scale installations inspired by the Arab...
Curated Video
The complex towering cells of artist Louise Bourgeois
LEAD IN:Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting a new exhibit which explores the complex, towering installations of French-American artist Louise Bourgeois.Named 'cells', her large-scale works provided a space in which she...
Curated Video
New Gerhard Richter paintings on display in Cologne
LEAD IN:Works by the record-breaking artist, Gerhard Richter, have gone on display at Cologne's Museum Ludwig. The exhibition coincides with the artist's 85th birthday and features new abstract works that have never been seen by the...
Curated Video
Three men on trial in Paris over art theft
THREE MEN GO ON TRIAL IN PARIS OVER ART THEFTThree people are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in one of the world's biggest art heists, a dramatic 2010 theft of more than 100 million US dollars' worth of artworks from the Paris...
Curated Video
Three on trial in Paris over US123m art theft
Three people are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in one of the world's biggest art heists, a dramatic 2010 theft of more than 100 million US dollars' worth of artworks from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. A Picasso and a Matisse...
Curated Video
Exhibit on endangered UNESCO site in Syria
Days after the Islamic State group (IS) seized back control of the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, French President Francois Hollande and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova are inaugurating a prescient exhibit in Paris on Tuesday in collaboration...
Curated Video
Fashion Visionary Rei Kawakubo honored by Met
FASHION VISIONARY REI KAWAKUBO HONORED AT MET If you're someone who likes a lot of guidance and explanation at the museum, you might want to dramatically recalibrate your expectations before heading into "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons:...
Curated Video
Exhibit explores varied art career of painter Tal R
LEADIN:Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting a major exhibit of works by Danish painter Tal R.It shows how the Israel-born artist has often championed the ignored, marginalised and forgotten in modern...
Curated Video
Artist brings explosive works to Prado Museum
LEADIN:
A Chinese artist with an explosive style is bringing his unusual work to Madrid's Prado Museum.
Cai Guoqiang creates images by exploding real gunpowder on the canvas.
STORYLINE:
...
Curated Video
Russian artists capture spirit of revolution in radical new styles
LEADIN:
An exhibition in Italy is bringing together artworks that capture the spirit of revolutionary Russia.
The show marking the centenary of Russia's 1917 revolution celebrates an explosion of new styles...
Curated Video
A look at the best features of the year
LEAD IN:
The MENA region has seen an array of bizarre news stories in 2017 - from Iranian football dopplegangers to Moroccan Olympic skiers training on sand dunes.
STORY-LINE:
...
Curated Video
Russian artists capture spirit of revolution in radical new styles
LEADIN:
An exhibition in Italy is bringing together artworks that capture the spirit of revolutionary Russia.
The show marking the centenary of Russia's 1917 revolution celebrates an explosion of new styles...
Curated Video
The Thinker and The Kiss among new Rodin sculpture exhibition
LEADIN:
A new exhibition of Auguste Rodin's sculptures is opening in London.
'Rodin and the art of ancient Greece' places the French artist's work alongside the Athenian marbles which inspired them.
...
Curated Video
"Venice of the North" ready to welcome football fans
LEADIN:
As the FIFA World Cup approaches, Russian cities are preparing to welcome thousands of fans and guests from around the world.
The Russian port city of St. Petersburg is no exception. Once the imperial...