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German auction house pulls disputed painting
Published: 11/21/09
A German auction house says it has withdrawn from sale a painting that the Max Stern estate claims was one of hundreds …
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Chief: I didn't try to sell Parker-Broderick items
Published: 11/20/09
An eastern Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker …
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Palin's book tour to include stop at Fort Hood
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Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting ra…
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Latin American art fair in the Big Apple
Published: 11/20/09
The only art fair in the United States featuring works exclusively from Latin American artists is under way in New York…
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BC-US--Best Sellers-Books-USAToday
Published: 11/19/09
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer 2 images
Published: 11/19/09
Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all…
Anatomy drawings owned by Ben Franklin on display One image
Published: 11/19/09
Centuries before X-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds gave doctors a view inside the human body, the best images medical s…
Golden cross in Vatican's collection gets new look 4 images
Published: 11/19/09
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection _ a 6th century reliquary containing what is revere…
Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created 'The Gates' 8 images
Published: 11/19/09
Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" proje…
Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction 6 images
Published: 11/19/09
The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future.
Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark 2 images
Published: 11/19/09
Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web s…
Hundreds cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour 11 images
Published: 11/18/09
College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they ge…
Review: Ayckbourn's new play enlivened by a child One image
Published: 11/18/09
Some adults still believe that children should be seen and not heard. But what if that quiet child is writing down ever…
Big Hubble instruments now Smithsonian artifacts One image
Published: 11/18/09
Two instruments that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from failure in 1993 were recently returned to Earth and ar…
Artist Irving Kriesberg dies in NYC at 90
Published: 11/18/09
American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal …
Karl Rove memoir coming in March One image
Published: 11/18/09
Karl Rove's memoir has a title, "Courage and Consequence," and a release date _ March 9, 2010.
'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations 3 images
Published: 11/18/09
"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announc…
Kander and Ebb have a new musical _ off-Broadway One image
Published: 11/17/09
There will be a new Kander and Ebb musical _ off-Broadway.
New Sistine Chapel books to come out in Italy One image
Published: 11/17/09
A series of four books presented Tuesday at the Vatican seeks to explain how Michelangelo and other artists translated …
Broadway revival of 'Oleanna' to close Jan. 3 One image
Published: 11/17/09
The Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Oleanna" is folding after a 97-performance run.
NC Museum of Art 'tunnels' through to new building
Published: 11/17/09
The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few …
Masters' drawings in `Codex Resta' restored 2 images
Published: 11/17/09
The historic Biblioteca Ambrosiana on Tuesday unveiled 280 drawings by such masters as Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci co…
Sara Ruhl sets Broadway buzzing in two rooms 2 images
Published: 11/17/09
"How extraordinary," Catherine Givings observes. "It looks like a farming tool. Where do you put it?"
Paris exhibit serves revisions of Old Masters 6 images
Published: 11/17/09
At first glance, it's pure Gericault: The heap of writhing figures mimics the perfect, triangular composition of the Fr…
Su's 'Redemption' wins Man Asian Literary Prize
Published: 11/17/09
The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage…
Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit 4 images
Published: 11/16/09
Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewe…
Accused celeb burglar pleads not guilty in LA
Published: 11/16/09
A suspected member of a burglary ring that stole cash, jewelry and clothing from celebrities' homes has pleaded not gui…
'Hair' sets a London opening with its B'way cast One image
Published: 11/16/09
The Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" is going to London _ with its original Broadway cast.
Review: 'Super Marios' gets multiplayer makeover
Published: 11/16/09
Even before it refined family fun with the Wii, Nintendo was dedicated to creating satisfying multiplayer experiences. …
B'way ticket availability through Sunday, Nov. 22 One image
Published: 11/16/09
Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Nov. 16. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available …
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz set for B'way's 'Chicago' One image
Published: 11/16/09
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is ready to show some razzle-dazzle on Broadway.
Jay-Z, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith back 'Fela!' One image
Published: 11/16/09
It's official: After weeks of speculation, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team of the …
'Ragtime' revival puts renewed emphasis on people 2 images
Published: 11/15/09
The initial swirling syncopation of sound is impossible to resist.
Palin's memoirs triggers a boomlet of other books 6 images
Published: 11/14/09
Sarah Palin may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.
FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts 3 images
Published: 11/14/09
Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over …
Iran artists in tug of war with government 6 images
Published: 11/14/09
Iran's greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country's ru…
Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas
Published: 11/13/09
Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much _ even for Sin City.
Barnes Foundation breaks ground in Philadelphia 4 images
Published: 11/13/09
The Barnes Foundation broke ground Friday on a new museum, the final chapter in its embittering quest to break its foun…
Italy opens new contemporary arts museum 5 images
Published: 11/13/09
Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely …
'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge 3 images
Published: 11/13/09
The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.
Group seeks to preserve Hughes home in Ohio
Published: 11/12/09
A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that ai…
Warhol painting a hot ticket at NYC auction 2 images
Published: 11/12/09
A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more…
Girls Gone Wild founder due back in Fla. court One image
Published: 11/12/09
The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" is set to return before a Florida Panhandle federal judge who witnessed a tearful, nos…
Comic magician Carl Ballantine dies at 92
Published: 11/11/09
Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92.
Sotomayor poses in court for Latina magazine cover One image
Published: 11/10/09
Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmatio…
Judge: 'HOPE' artist can switch lawyers in AP suit One image
Published: 11/10/09
Shepard Fairey has a new legal team and new questions he must answer.
Saint Laurent's everyday objects to be auctioned 7 images
Published: 11/10/09
The 18th century porcelain Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and …
Review: 'Modern Warfare 2' has combat, weak story One image
Published: 11/10/09
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," almost certain to be the year's best-selling video game, has also become its most not…
Unusual 17th century play critical of men sold
Published: 11/10/09
A 17th-century play with an unusually critical take on men has sold at auction for 84,000 pounds ($140,000).
Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2' 3 images
Published: 11/10/09
Ryan Norwalk cleared his schedule.
British designer Luella Bartley stops trading
Published: 11/10/09
Acclaimed British fashion designer Luella Bartley said Tuesday that her company has stopped trading because of financia…
Review: 'What Once We Felt' is a cautionary tale One image
Published: 11/10/09
Oblivion toward the less fortunate, lack of reproductive freedom, and rationing of medical care are just some of the ti…
Denzel Washington set for 'Fences' on Broadway One image
Published: 11/10/09
Get ready for another big name on Broadway.
Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees 7 images
Published: 11/10/09
Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamo…

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