Art

Marta Becket, lone Amargosa Opera House dancer, dies at 92

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marta Becket, a dancer and artist who spent decades presenting one-woman shows…
Lily-Rose Depp emerges as star of Deco-inspired Chanel show

PARIS (AP) — Singer-model Vanessa Paradis was the image of the doting mother at Chanel’s Art…
Monet, modern classics headline art shows at German museum

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Some of Claude Monet’s famous water lily paintings are among the impressionist…
South Sudan artists protest civil war with peace campaign

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Musicians played lively tunes in South Sudan’s capital, and pedestrians and…
Oprah Winfrey reflects on President-elect Donald Trump

ATLANTA (AP) — As Oprah Winfrey reflected Thursday on this week’s election, she said she was…
Prince’s museum adds tour dates, offers new fan packages

CHANHASSESN, Minn. (AP) — Prince’s Paisley Park plans to offer new, themed fan packages and is…
‘Mozart 225’ contains all of his music in 200-CD box set

“Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition” (Decca and Deutsche Grammophon) What measures 11 inches square and…
Legoland becomes first brick in Dubai’s southern expansion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A massive amusement complex in Dubai’s southern desert opened its…
Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes

NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New…
A giant nude statue in California is stirring controversy

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) — There have long been complaints about the lack of women in…
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,…
Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO over Jerusalem draft

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday, a day after the U.N. cultural…
Ellis Island exhibit revives New York’s lost Little Syria

NEW YORK (AP) — Shakifa Halal was a Syrian immigrant on a New York-bound ship, her…
Review: ‘Birth of a Nation’ bluntly tells tale of Nat Turner

“The Birth of a Nation ” has had more expectations placed on it than any movie…
Yves Saint Laurent designer makes highly-anticipated debut

PARIS (AP) — A huge crane in the colors of the French flag hoisted up a…