ArbatFest-2014: From public art to visual library
For the fifth year artists, musicians and actors from Kazakhstan and abroad transform Almaty into a magical and mysterious realm of art and wonder.
World premier of Abai and Shakarim suites in Carnegie Hall in November
The world premier of the Abai and Shakarim suites will open at Carnegie Hall in New York on November 12, 2014.
Madonna clothing, lyrics to hit auction block
Madonna memorabilia including nude photographs of the Queen of Pop will go on sale in November at an auction.
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.
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.
London jury considers verdicts on Australian star Harris
The jury in the trial of Rolf Harris, the Australian entertainer accused of a string of sexual assaults against girls and young women, retired to consider their verdicts.
Modigliani painting sells at auction for 13.5 mn euros
A painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani sold at an auction in Paris Wednesday for 13.5 million euros ($18.3 million), a record for the artist's work in France, auction house Sotheby's announced.
First time ever electro jetigen at The Spirit of Tengri
Have you heard the sound of jetigen? It is a Kazakh many-stringed harp-like instrument that is similar to Russian gusli.
Kazakhstani violin player to perform in Graz, Austria
Kazakhstani violin player Ordabek Duisen will perform as a concertmaster at the Classical Music Festival in Austrian Graz.
Turkish band BaBa Zula to perform at The Spirit of Tengri
Turkish band BaBa Zula will perform at the 2nd music festival The Spirit of Tengri in Almaty on June 7th.
Astana Opera's Anderzhanov to perform at German Aalto Musik-Theatre
The lead singer of the Astana Opera Baurzhan Anderzhanov will sing in six performances of the German Aalto Musik-Theatre in Essen.
Queen Elizabeth portrait released to mark 88th birthday
A new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, taken by David Bailey, has been released to mark her 88th birthday on Monday, with the renowned photographer delighting in the "mischievous glint" in her eyes.
Astana Opera singers to perform La Boheme at Arena di Verona
The lead singers of Astana Opera Medet Chotabayev and Sundet Baigozhin have signed contracts with Italian Lirico di Verona to the perform primary roles in Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme.
Astana Opera ballerina to perform with Eifman Ballet
Astana Opera’s lead ballerina Aigerim Beketova has been invited to preform in Budapest and London with Boris Eifman’s troupe.
Italy challenges US gun ad using Michelangelo's David
Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini Saturday called for a US guns dealer to withdraw an advertisement using an image of Michelangelo's David -- but with the famed statue holding a bolt-action rifle.
Art with a punch: Liu Bolin, 'China's Andy Warhol'
Emerging from the acrid fumes at a steelworks, artist Liu Bolin inspects the progress of his latest work -- a giant iron fist, poised to punch a hole through modern China.
Ai Weiwei brushes off painter's smashing of $1m vase
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei shrugged off the smashing of a $1 million Han dynasty vase that was part of his exhibition at a Miami museum, saying his works often get broken.
Coloured tattoos escape ban in France
Tattoo artists in France, who were up in arms about a government ban on certain dyes, say the health ministry has reassured them they will be able to keep using coloured ink, attributing the uproar to a misunderstanding of thousands of pages of regulations.