The Boghossian Foundation’s annual Young Lebanese Artists Award announced its call for applications Friday, with two new categories added. Founded in 1992, the Boghossian Foundation is committed to supporting cultural projects around the globe. They also host artists and scholars-in-residence in the restored Villa Empain, Brussels, the foundation’s home since 2010. This year’s contest is offering five awards in the the fields of painting, design and dance, literature and cinema for artists and creators under the age of 40.
Change has come to the Gulf’s oldest international film festival, and brought with it a little more uncertainty for the region’s filmmakers. Earlier this week the website of the Dubai International Film Festival posted a brief press release announcing that the annual event’s 15th edition will not be staged in 2018. As of 2019, it said, DIFF will be a biennial.
Beirut Art Residency is a non-profit organization that offers a two-month residency program for international and local artists from all artistic backgrounds.
Beiteddine Art Festival is gearing up for its 33rd edition, with a series of cultural acts aiming to draw spectators from all corners of the country and beyond.
The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival opened Wednesday with pugnacious political words from Robert De Niro and the tender opening-night premiere, “Love,...
The latest exhibition at Dar El-Nimer is “Sci-Fi Trilogy,” featuring work by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour.
On Jan. 9, 1324, a Venetian traveler, merchant and writer Marco Polo was preparing for his final journey – to the afterlife he as a God-fearing Christian was...
John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world a little help.
Beyonce returned spectacularly to the stage with a joyous, homecoming-themed party at the Coachella festival where she delighted fans with a rare reunion of...
The electric guitar that blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan used in his first studio recording and early performances has fetched $250,000 at auction in his...
Old “Scarface” friends said hello again at a 35th anniversary screening Thursday that reunited Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer and filmmaker Brian...
As “Scandal” wrapped its seventh and final season on ABC Thursday, the political drama – starring Kerry Washington as professional problem solver in the...
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he would launch a cryptocurrency to connect with fans, but also backed the regulation of virtual...
A Colorado man who was wearing a mask and had a knife in his car when he was arrested outside a Beverly Hills home owned by Taylor Swift was released from...
Rania Matar’s latest exhibition “SHE” combines a retrospective of her past photography alongside two recent series, the latest also titled “SHE.”
Pulitzer judges upended decades of tradition by awarding its music prize to Kendrick Lamar for his rap album “DAMN,” Monday.
The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for explosive reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein and spawned...
As “One of These Days” opens, a young woman crawls out the window of a rural house and makes her way toward Beirut.
While the European Union gears up for another of its endless postcrisis bouts over spending, debt and deficits, Berlin’s German Historical Museum has turned a...
A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" treasure trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish king...
Finding dependable box-office hits for anything without a superhero has been a downright scary proposition for Hollywood.
Usually paired with smaller companions like Kevin Hart or Moana, Dwayne Johnson is for once the diminutive one in “Rampage,” a hopelessly bland and bizarrely...
Eugene Delacroix is one of French art’s most famous – but least understood – masters.
Katya Traboulsi’s exhibition “Perpetual Identities” treads the line between destruction and beauty.
A monster story set in a Baghdad torn apart by violence is among six contenders for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for fiction.
The director of the Cannes Film Festival called the allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein “an earthquake” for the movie industry – but he...
Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said Wednesday the streaming giant is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival, further intensifying an...
The Nobel Foundation Board has sharply criticized the Swedish Academy, which chooses the Nobel Literature Prize winner each year, saying the group has damaged...
The Beirut International Platform of Dance opened Wednesday night with “We Women,” Spanish dancer and choreographer Sol Pico’s exploration of the female...
“If I tell the story again, will it make any difference?”
“Macbeth” is a modern-day drug-war, power-struggle, double-cross, lawmen-versus-gangsters recast of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, “Macbeth.”
Artist Tracey Emin is addressing Brexit with her latest public artwork, suspended from the ceiling of London’s St. Pancras Station.
“The Simpsons” briefly addressed criticism of its portrayal of its Indian shop owner, Apu, Sunday, but a comedian who helped spark a conversation about the...
“Entre Les Temps,” the latest exhibition at the recently opened Galerie Cheriff Tabet, is a retrospective of the career of Canadian artist Antoine Claes.
Let’s start with a popcorn warning. If you’re bringing your usual tub of multiplex popcorn into “A Quiet Place,” just be aware that you’ll be hearing every...