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Young artists shine at Hong Kong contemporary art show With artwork sprawled on queen-sized beds, hung in front of television sets and even placed on toilet counters, Hong Kong's Asia Contemporary Art Show has an unusual take on what constitutes an art gallery.

07 October 2013

Matisse cut-outs going on show in London The biggest exhibition of Matisse's paper cut-outs -- a technique the French artist invented in his final years -- is going on show in London.

07 October 2013

Sotheby's sets poison pill against investor challenge Elite auction house Sotheby's on Friday adopted a poison-pill defense strategy to fend off a challenge by investor Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point.

06 October 2013

New York City Opera to close after 70 years The New York City Opera said Tuesday it would close and file for bankruptcy after 70 years, having failed to secure desperately needed millions through an emergency fund-raising appeal.

03 October 2013

US National Gallery of Art to receive 250-work donation Some 250 works of contemporary art are being donated to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

28 September 2013

Kazakhstan mogul arranges kimono exhibition in Almaty The exhibition of kimonos of the famous Japanese master Itchiku Kubota opened in the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan in Almaty yesterday.

27 September 2013

Chamber hall to open in Astana Opera theater The festive opening of the chamber hall in Astana Opera theater will take place on October 1, 2013 on the International Music Day.

27 September 2013

Japanese Autumn Art Festival to be held in Almaty Japanese Autumn, the 3rd International Art Festival, will be held from September 23 to October 5 in Almaty.

21 September 2013

Renoir works, personal items fetch $1.3 mn at NY auction A collection of over 100 letters, photos, plasters, drawings and personal items that once belonged to Pierre-Auguste Renoir were sold at auction Thursday in New York.

20 September 2013

200 years of Australian art on show in London A major exhibition of Australian art opens in London on Saturday, charting 200 years of extraordinary change through the country's relationship with its dramatic landscape.

18 September 2013

Male nudes to display assets at the Orsay The glory of the male form is the focus of Paris's Musee d'Orsay programme this autumn, with hundreds of naked men waiting to adorn its illustrious walls.

11 September 2013

Thai nomad theatres strive to preserve ancient art They eat, sleep and raise their children beneath the stage floorboards and when dusk falls Thailand's travelling theatres come to life with ornate costumes, colourful face paint and high-pitched Chinese opera.

09 September 2013

Artists of world most famous theatres to perform in Astana Opera in October Artists of the world's most famous theaters will perform in Astana Opera in October 2013.

06 September 2013

Kazakhstan artist got gold medal at New York Realism contest Kazakhstan artist Beibut Assemkul was awarded with a gold medal as the author of the new trend called hyper impressionism.

06 September 2013

How stolen Dutch art fooled even Sotheby's expert eyes A cunningly disguised stolen work by Dutch contemporary artist Jan Schoonhoven managed to fool experts at the world's largest art broker Sotheby's.

24 August 2013

Renoir's personal items to be auctioned in New York A mass of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal items will be auctioned in New York next month in what is billed as the biggest collection of the French Impressionist artist's memorabilia.

23 August 2013

Dutch art heist trial set to open in Bucharest The trial of six Romanians charged with a dramatic theft from a Dutch museum is set to open in Bucharest Tuesday, amid fears the stolen masterpieces by Monet, Picasso and Gauguin may have been destroyed.

13 August 2013

Kazakhstan ballet dancers win prizes in New York Ballet dancers from Kazakhstan Assel Kumarova, Serik Nakyspekov and Azamat Askarov took part in Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition

08 August 2013

US Arts Academy chief quits over false resume The chief executive of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has agreed to resign on July 31, the body announced Thursday following reports she had embellished her cv.

26 July 2013

Granddaughter puts Picasso muse nudes on show Four decades after Pablo Picasso's death, the gates of the house she inherited, along with thousands of his art works, are always promptly opened to visitors.

26 June 2013

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