Category : Arts


Glen Baxter, Surrealist Cartoonist, Dies at 82

Absurdist artist Glen Baxter, famed for his New Yorker cartoons and surreal greeting cards, has passed away at 82. His unique style blended childhood influences with artistic surrealism.

Charlotte Gere, Victorian Art Historian, Dies Aged 88

Charlotte Gere, an esteemed art historian and curator who revolutionised the study of Victorian jewellery and design, has passed away at 88. Her work included rediscovering lost jewels by architect William Burges.

Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for Record £13.4 Million

A 19th-century oil painting by Raja Ravi Varma, Yashoda and Krishna, has become the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever sold at auction, fetching £13.4 million in Mumbai. The buyer pledges public display, but uncertainty remains over accessibili

Ice Age Dice Discovery Rewrites Gambling History

Archaeologists have uncovered 12,000-year-old bone dice in America, revealing that gambling and structured games of chance were part of human culture millennia earlier than previously thought.

Private Lives Revival Spins Coward's Comedy in Manchester

Blanche McIntyre's production of Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester presents a dizzying, in-the-round staging of desire and spite, with Jill Halfpenny and Steve John Shepherd leading the cast.

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