Art & Culture
Saturday, 5 May 2012
AFTER being forced to drop out of school last year because his family needed more income, Gio Vakaloloma turned to the only job available selling coconuts on the streets of Suva.Early every morning, the slightly built 13-year-old shimmies up the...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
THE first civilisation that practiced the art of dwarfing plants was the Chinese. They called it "ponsai".In the beginning, according to Chinese history, there was this plant artist called a magician for having created miniature rocky...
THE spring art sales got off to a solid start at Christie's on Tuesday, with works by Cezanne and Matisse each selling for US$19 million as the auction house moved US$117 million worth of Impressionist and modern art.The sales continue on Wednesday...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
ON STREET corners, under garbage dumps, at construction sites pre-Inca archeological sites abound in Lima, where the ruins of hundreds of sacred places are at the mercy of urban growth and public indifference.In the middle of the Miraflores...
EIGHTEEN cliff paintings dating back over 4,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an official said Sunday. The prehistoric portraits were unearthed in the Yinshan Mountains in Urad...
THE Beijing municipal government will subsidise large and medium-sized theatres to encourage them to offer cheaper tickets to audience, Xinhua news agency reported. Starting from Monday, 15 theatres with 500 to 3,000 seat capacity will receive...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
THE Riau Islands province is keen to learn how to develop its tourism sector from Malaysia. The islands' Tourism Division head Rahman Osman said they would increase cooperation with Malaysia in order to realise their aim. "The same sun...
THE world of incense is full of evocative power that can conjure up striking primordial imagery. The golden resin known as frankincense comes from a tree that grows in some of the most forbidding landscapes, and ambergris from the remains of squid...
Monday, 30 April 2012
THE Information Department recently launched a new book entitled "Menjejaki Sejarah Hubungan Brunei-China" which loosely translated means "Tracing the History of Brunei-China Relationship".The book traced the relationship that...
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Fans await baby newsBRITAIN'S Prince William and his wife Catherine will this weekend mark a triumphant first year of marriage as a hopeful nation waits for news they are expecting a royal heir.The couple have lost none of their popularity in...
THE intense relationship between Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and Ambroise Vollard, one of the great art dealers of the 20th century, is at the heart of an exhibition on Venice's Grand Canal.Vollard who championed many of the upcoming artists of...
Friday, 27 April 2012
IT WAS a peaceful evening at the Asian Hotel. People could be seen milling about outside the hotel, which is located in the shopping area in the heart of Songkhla province, Haadyai.Across the hotel, many people were busy shopping for items at...
SINGAPORE'S historic Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was bathed in revolving shades of orange, pink and purple lights on Wednesday evening.Less than a year after it ended life as an active train station, models sashayed down a makeshift runway to show...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
MUKAH can no longer be considered backwards nowadays as it strives to become a modern and smart town.Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, wearing the Melanan traditional attire, officially opened the nine-day Kaul Festival at the Kala Dana...
SOME 2.5 million free books from thousands of towns and cities around the US and beyond were donated to the World Book Night last Monday. Among the works being given are Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games," Sherman Alexie's "The...
WHEN Melani Setiawan, a central figure in the Indonesian art world, revealed her plan for the publication of her personal archives, featuring herself with artists over three decades, she challenged over 60 artists to respond with works based on...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
QUANG Binh is hoping to boost its tourism industry following the discovery of eight new caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ky said.Last month, a team from the British Cave...
THE production of Brunei's independent feature film will kick off in June this year and calling the shots for this upcoming movie is local film director Adam Groves. "I will describe it to you in one sentence; Bruneians like to watch themselves...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
A PITTSBURGH girl born without hands has won a penmanship award and US$1,000 (around $1,247) from a company that publishes language arts and reading textbooks.Zaner-Bloser Inc recognised seven-year-old Annie Clark (pictured) at Wilson Christian...
A BRITISH historian said Saturday he had unearthed a trove of Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments by a top ancient official after chancing upon a scrap on show in an Australian museum.John Taylor, a world-famous Egyptologist from the British Museum...
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