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Unseen Picasso letter -- with doodles -- on display in France A previously unseen letter written by Pablo Picasso, complete with sketches, has gone on display in western France.

15 September 2014

Bone carvings exhibited in Kazakhstan A Kazakh master has shown his artworks, including original bone carvings.

14 September 2014

Principal dancers of Bolshoi Theatre to perform in Astana Opera House The principal dancers of Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow will perform in Astana Opera House for the first time ever on September 23.

12 September 2014

Salenko and Muntagirov to perform in Swan Lake in Almaty Principle dancers of European theatres will perform Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s legendary Swan Lake in the Abay State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Almaty.

09 September 2014

'Chilean Schindler's List' saved leftists from regime Jorge Schindler saved dozens of leftist militants by employing them undercover at his pharmacies, risking his own life.

23 August 2014

Russian Communist park restored amid wave of nostalgia A giant Moscow complex extolling the days of the old planned economy has been restored amid a wave of nostalgia for Russia's past.

22 August 2014

'Hamlet' hits Havana on global Shakespeare birthday tour A tour of "Hamlet" aiming to celebrate William Shakespeare's 450th birthday brought the legendary bard to thousands gathered in Havana.

09 August 2014

Star-studded super Saturday at Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival is set for its cultural highlight of the year with an eagerly awaited new production of Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore".

09 August 2014

Latvia's former KGB headquarters gives up its dark secrets The "House on the Corner" was one of the most feared places during Soviet times, but now people are keen to uncover its dark secrets.

08 August 2014

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“Mixed up Miami and Almaty“: Tourist surprises Kazakhstani residents

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Tokayev meets with head of Kazakhstan Gymnastics Federation

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Industrial powers conserve poverty in “banana republics”: N. Nazarbayev

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What time and where to watch the New Year's fireworks in Almaty

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Maillot brings sexy 'Shrew' to scandal-hit Bolshoi Shakespeare's 16th-century Padua is a far cry from Jean-Christophe Maillot's scintillating new "Taming of the Shrew" at the Moscow Bolshoi.

26 July 2014

Napoleon and Josephine's marriage certificate for sale It was one of the greatest love stories in history and now the marriage certificate that sealed the union of Napoleon and his first wife Josephine is to be sold at auction in September.

10 July 2014

Van Dyck discovered by British TV programme fails to sell A lost Van Dyck painting spotted on a British television programme failed to find a buyer at a Tuesday auction despite estimates it would fetch 1,000 times its original price.

09 July 2014

eBooks on the go: Reading Semei campaign to foster love for books Librarians of the Abai Library in Semey have decided to foster love for reading through free eBooks.

07 July 2014

Art superstar Koons unveils life work in New York Jeff Koons, one of world's highest paid artists, unveils his life work in New York on Friday, a chance to understand why his art is so celebrated, so loathed and so expensive.

28 June 2014

Claude Monet 'Water Lilies' painting sells for $54 million An iconic "Water Lilies" painting by French artist Claude Monet sold for £31.7 million ($54 million, 39.7 million euros) at a London sale, the second-highest sum paid for his work on record.

25 June 2014

Taiwan Japan museum row solved A row between Tokyo and Taipei over the loan of a host of treasured artefacts to Japan has been solved, Taiwanese officials said, with the exhibition set to open on schedule.

24 June 2014

A Picasso hidden in a Picasso A bearded man has been discovered in Pablo Picasso's "Blue Room" -- the painting, that is -- according to a US museum attempting to put an end to a decades-old question.

20 June 2014

Stamp sells for record $9.5 million in New York An incredibly rare 19th century postage stamp, a tiny one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, sold for a world record $9.5 million at a New York auction.

18 June 2014

Eight dancers defect from Cuba's National Ballet A group of eight dancers with Cuba's prestigious National Ballet defected to the United States after an event in Puerto Rico, the father of one of the dancers said.

11 June 2014