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| The art of documenting life under war |
| By Nadia Massih | May 25, 2013 12:07 AM |
| Grainy images shudder and jolt awkwardly across the screen as crackling voices chant in jubilant protest or scream at the extraordinary horror of an airstrike. |
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| By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie | May 25, 2013 12:02 AM |
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Eleven years have passed since Ashkal Alwan launched the first edition of the Home Works Forum on Cultural Practices.
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| May 24, 2013 07:22 PM |
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The Tate Britain museum buys 19th-century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for $34.75 million, making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold.
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| By Aaron Tam | May 24, 2013 12:52 AM |
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The first Art Basel to be hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art.
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Beirut Designers’ Week launched
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| Beckie Strum | May 25, 2013 12:56 AM |
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One similarity stuck out among the 70 or so designers who’ve temporarily set up shop on Zaitunay Bay’s posh boardwalk.
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Psy imposter caught living the high life at Cannes
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| May 24, 2013 07:07 PM |
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A man pretending to be South Korean pop star Psy talks his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he's spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager.
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize
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| Ana Nicolaci da Costa | May 23, 2013 10:30 AM |
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American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.
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'Things Fall Apart' author Achebe set for Nigerian burial
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| Joel Olatunde Agoi | May 23, 2013 06:38 PM |
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Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of the widely praised novel "Things Fall Apart," will be buried in his small hometown on Thursday in a ceremony expected to draw crowds of mourners. Achebe, who died in the United States in March aged 82, is viewed as an iconic figure in Nigeria and abroad and his death lead to tributes worldwide.
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Indie rockers Vampire Weekend top Billboard album chart
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| Eric Kelsey | May 23, 2013 10:28 AM |
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Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato.
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Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three more concerts
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| Eric Kelsey | May 23, 2013 10:36 AM |
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Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her to cancel two shows in May.
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The serious business of child’s play
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| By India Stoughton | May 23, 2013 12:05 AM |
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“Every child is an artist,” Pablo Picasso is reported to have once said. “The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
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Art dealer charged with fraud
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| By Jonathan Stempel | May 22, 2013 06:56 PM |
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NEW YORK: Federal prosecutors have charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes.
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It’s the thought that counts, not the art
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| By India Stoughton | May 22, 2013 12:06 AM |
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When artists and curator are unable to agree among themselves on a title for their exhibition, it suggests a problem in defining its scope.
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The many moods of Adonis Tohme
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| By Chirine Lahoud | May 18, 2013 12:03 AM |
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Lebanese artist Adonis Tohme is interested in geometrical patterns, circuses and nature, but he’s not above a little abstraction.
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Neighborhood sounds grind and whump
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| By Jim Quilty | May 16, 2013 12:07 AM |
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On Street 90, the patch of tarmac between Building 110 and IMPEX Garage to be precise, a squad of pimped-out automobiles are parked in the middle of the road.
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Drawing on air: Beirut artist takes work live
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| By India Stoughton | May 16, 2013 12:07 AM |
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Many Lebanese artists have tackled the violence and horror of the country’s Civil War in their work. Few approach it with the uncompromising brutality of Jean Marc Nahas.
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Marvel superheroes storm Beirut
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| By Rayane Abou Jaoude | May 13, 2013 12:02 AM |
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Disney may have brought Captain America to life for a new generation, but for die-hard afficionados The Avengers have always been bigger than the big screen.
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Aussie opinion split over ‘The Skywhale’
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| May 11, 2013 12:55 AM |
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A gigantic whale-like balloon with pendulous udder-like appendages, designed to mark the centenary of Australia’s capital Canberra, has divided opinion. Some deem it an ugly waste of money. Others call it an inspiration.
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Newer works seen driving the auction boom
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| May 08, 2013 12:08 AM |
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With a billion dollars worth of art on offer at their spring auctions in New York, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are looking to the postwar and contemporary works to drive the market this month.
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