Visual Arts
China to create $800m tax-free culture hub in Beijing
An $800m arts and entertainment Freeport is set to open in Beijing in 2014.
Warhol's Mao Zedong unwelcome in China
Chinese censors cut portraits of Chairman Mao from travelling Warhol retrospective.
Art Dubai wraps up with most successful fair yet
Art Dubai recently wrapped up for yet another year, leaving organisers plenty to boast about after just having experienced its…
Google launches urban art map to connect graffiti artists to free walls
Project ‘Color + City’ connects free walls to graffiti artists in Sao Paulo.
Olivier Awards nominations announced
Britain’s top theatre, dance and opera awards contenders for the 37th edition of the Olivier Awards were announced earlier this…
Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes to head Cannes Critics’ Week jury
Portuguese writer-director and former film critic Miguel Gomes (‘Tabu’) will preside over Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize this year.
How to write a bestseller
Graeme Simsion tells us about what he learned from screenwriting, writing humour, overcoming writer's block and inspiration from the world…
What about Wangechi?
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu has unveiled her latest exhibition ‘A Fantastic Journey’ at Duke University.
Art is a better bet than lottery
It is becoming more and more obvious that you could be mor likely to find million-dollar art by accident than…
Can 'The Hoff' save the Berlin Wall?
David Hasselhoff has returned to the Berlin Wall to lend a helping hand to protesters vying to save it from…