Arts
No "Scream" but plenty of darkness at UK Munch show
LONDON - How do you stage an Edvard Munch exhibition without featuring the work for which he is renowned the world over - "The Scream"?
Acclaimed screenwriter Nora Ephron dead at 71
LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for romantic comedies "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," as well as books and essays, has died in New York after battling leukemia. She was 71.
Art show riot reflects religious divide in new Tunisia
TUNIS - The artist agreed to be interviewed but asked not to be named. Picking up a piece of work vandalized by Islamist zealots at a recent arts fair in a suburb of Tunis, she said: "Don't describe it or people will know who I am."
U.S. returns stolen art worth millions to Italy
ROME - The United States on Wednesday returned stolen art works worth millions of dollars to Italy, including two 2,300-year-old ceramic vases, a Roman sculpture and a Renaissance painting.
Venezuelan tribe angry at "sacred" stone in Berlin
BERLIN - Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld's sculptures in a Berlin park were meant to promote world peace, but the 79-year-old German now finds himself at war with a Venezuelan tribe which accuses him of stealing a sacred pink stone known to them as "Grandmother".
Famous Leonardo self portrait in critical condition
ROME - Leonardo da Vinci is sick and no one really knows if he ever will be able to receive visitors again.
Teen violin star is Venezuela's youngest conductor
MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela - At 2 years old, he was given his first musical instrument: a "cuatro," or small four-string guitar. At 8, he cried with emotion at a brass band concert.
Smile, you're on Yoko Ono's new app
TORONTO - In the 1960s Yoko Ono set out to create a film that would include the smiling face of every person in the world. Now, nearly five decades later, the project has come to life as an app.
Chinese crackdown boosts artist Ai on world stage
LONDON - The worse things get for Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei at home, the greater his reputation as an artist and activist becomes abroad, a point campaigners say Beijing may want to bear in mind as it seeks to muzzle him. | Video
Massive rock rolls into L.A. museum art installation
LOS ANGELES - The 340-ton granite rock that became a star during its slow sojourn across California roads in March took up residence at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Sunday at an unveiling that included an appearance by the reclusive artist who conceived the project.
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Book recalls Bartali's feats on and off the bike
NEW YORK - For Italians of all generations there are few mysteries about Gino Bartali, one of the country's best known and most successful road cyclists.