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"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."

Art critics and scholars converge for a two-day regional symposium in Karachi

Discussions about the effect colonialism has had on non-western and specifically Asian art dominated at ‘The Anxious Century: Discourses Waiting to be Born’, a two day regional seminar on art that took place on...

TrueNorth's third campus will open doors in Illinois

TrueNorth Church will truly move north when it opens a third campus church in Decatur, Ill., in January. The new location, Hickory Point Theaters, is in keeping with the church's mission to reach people who don't...

Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution 2008

Featured film captures work in progress of a permanent wall mural titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen to create this wall painting as Artist in Residence. The...

Folksy Gibberish from Palin

I thought Edward Winkleman's account of this moment in the VP debate was spot on: he provides a transcript showing the actual content - or lack of content- in the answer to the question about the role of the Vice...

London's Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth stays empty - for now

There are four plinths in Trafalgar Square and one of them has been empty for a while now. Many are saying that it is being left empty for when the Queen dies, but if a statue of her is placed there, it will most...

Tracey Emin - dirty sheets and all

The first UK retrospective of Brit artist Tracey Emin has just opened in Edinburgh and the knives are out  of some critics' pockets.  It's better to have a visit and look and come to your own conclusions...

Sun & Dance in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens

The UrbanMoves International Dance Festival came to a hot conclusion. Dancers from around Europe descended on Manchester and surrounding areas on the weekend of 25th - 27th July 2008. A bi-yearly event which last...

Mexican Tonala Artisans to New York

I visited Tonala Jalisco many years ago, shopping to decorate my house, I saw so many beautiful things I couldn't make up my mind on what to buy. I finally bought an exquisitely and delicately  painted ceramic...

Pakistani Neo-Miniature Show Opens in New York

Modern Pakistani art is in great demand in the international market as well as at home. A BBC News source recently reported: "In Pakistan's increasingly speculative art market, posthumous sales of better known...

Italian cultural fest in HCM City

" Italian culture, arts and cuisines will be introduced in Hcm city from September 12 to September 19 under the Italian Cultural Festival.The festival will open with a fashion photo exhibition of famous photographer Max Salvaggio. With the theme “Italian fashion”,...

Another John McCain Senior Moment

"For the Second Day In A Row, McCain Refers to Czechoslovakia – A Country That No Longer Exists. As MSNBC noted, “For the second time in two days, McCain has made a reference to ‘Czechoslovakia.’ His answers were about contemporary events, not history. McCain did not...

vienna vegetable orchestra

What will they think of next!? The YouTube footage shows the vegetable orchestra during shopping, preparations and some clips of one of our live shows."The Vegetable Orchestra performs music solely on instruments...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

Lawsuit over Murakami-Louis Vuitton prints

"A luxury boutique in the middle of an art exhibition was supposed to be controversial -- but not a legal matter.The temporary retail space allowed in October by the Museum of Contemporary Art has become the center of litigation, though. A class action suit brought Monday by...

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