In 1930, Wilhelm Münzenberg—a German Communist Party activist and millionaire media mogul—sent an envoy to New York to set up an office for his pro-Soviet publishing empire. Among the most poignant ...

Museum Gouda exhibited the painting at the end of last year without realizing that it was on the “most wanted” list of stolen artworks, De Telegraaf reported after speaking with art detective Arthur ...

Ralph Fiennes cut a sharp figure as he attended the Oscars 2025 held in LA on Sunday night. The actor, 62, arrived on the red carpet in good spirits amid his Leading Actor nomination for ...

No matter where you’re shopping, art world experts recommend asking questions and doing research to ensure an object wasn’t lost, looted or stolen. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam ...

Jack Vettriano, the immensely popular self-taught Neo-Realist artist, who by his own account painted to offer his audience escapism with his nostalgia-fuelled, romantic works, has died aged 73.

Fascinated by the language of sport – particularly the under-appreciated art of translating cliché-speak. Ralph Fiennes is back among the Oscar nominees after a nearly 30-year absence ...

She later moved on to neo-soul and R&B music as a solo artist with albums including “Black Diamond” in 1999 and “Mahogany Soul” in 2001. In a 2020 interview with “The Breakfast Club ...

Pope Francis was placed on “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” Friday afternoon following an episode of bronchospasm that caused him to inhale vomit, thus worsening his ongoing respiratory ...

ROME — Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit and requiring noninvasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying an alarming ...

The Vatican said on Friday night that Francis, who is 88 and has a history of respiratory ailments, suffered a bronchial spasm that caused him to inhale his vomit after a coughing fit. That ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this image provided by Complex, a model wears items from The Takashi Murakami x MLB Tokyo Series ...

Called “L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs,” it ran from April to October 1925, attracted 16 million people, and was a celebration of Modernism and Art Deco design. It occupied ...