Arts

No "Scream" but plenty of darkness at UK Munch show

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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.

Fashion, Film, U.S. 10:21am EDT

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."

Lifestyle, 10:28am EDT

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.

10:31am EDT

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".

Oddly Enough, Venezuela 26 Jun 2012

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.

26 Jun 2012

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.

Fashion, Music, 26 Jun 2012

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.

Tech, Media 25 Jun 2012

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

25 Jun 2012

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.

25 Jun 2012

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.