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    Offbeat art fest puts abandoned California town back on map

    24 Mar 2019

    The desert town, once a thriving resort set along the Salton Sea, is among the poorest communities in California, its 250 or so residents seemingly forgotten by the rest of the world.

    British university to return looted bronze statue to Nigeria

    01 Dec 2019

    The cockerel was taken in 1897 from the Court of Benin and given to the university several years later. The statue was removed from public view in 2016 after students protested, saying it represented a colonial narrative.

    Glittering symbol of press, newseum set to close its doors

    24 Dec 2019

    Just steps from the US Capitol, the newseum's gleaming glass-and-steel structure has for over a decade been a shining symbol for the press and free expression.

    30-plus years of ‘Garfield’ comic strips to sell at auction

    24 Dec 2019

    Cartoonist Jim Davis is offering up more than 11,000 "Garfield” comic strips hand-drawn on paper in an auction that will stretch into the coming years, with at least a couple of strips featuring the always-hungry orange cat with a sardonic sense of humor available weekly.

    Brussels puppet theatre adds Monty Python humour to nativity tale

    25 Dec 2019

    A Brussels puppet theatre as old as Belgium itself is staging its Christmas nativity show this year with a dash of Monty Python humour added to the traditional story of Jesus's birth.

    Legendary Berlin dance hall faces uncertain future

    26 Dec 2019

    The legendary Berlin institution with a 106-year history has even seen the Macarena and, more recently, was used as a set for a Quentin Tarantino film. Now Claerchens Ballhaus is facing an uncertain future.

    World's oldest artwork uncovered in Indonesian cave

    12 Dec 2019

    An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world's oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, pointing to an advanced artistic culture, according to new research.

    Superman's cape and Bilbo's pipe up for grabs in Hollywood auction

    14 Dec 2019

    Superman's very first cape and Bilbo Baggins' pipe are each forecast to raise $100,000-$200,000 at a blockbuster auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia next week.

    Detained migrants' trash inspires US janitor's art

    16 Dec 2019

    During a decade as a janitor at a US border station, Tom Kiefer gathered the trash left behind by thousands of undocumented immigrants, piecing together the histories of those who arrived seeking a better life.

    Modest Maradona museum pays tribute to patron saint of Naples

    21 Dec 2019

    For some Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of the 20th century, for others - mainly English - he is the cheating possessor of the hand of God. In Italy, however, he is and always will be the patron saint of Naples.

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