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Will Smith banned from the Oscars for 10 years over Chris Rock slap
Rock appears at the Television Critics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena in Jan 2020, left, and Will Smith appears at the Oscars in 2022 - Will…
Michelangelo’s first known nude goes on display in Paris ahead of Christie’s auction
The drawing will be displayed in Hong Kong and New York before going under the hammer at Christie's in Paris - A drawing thought to be Michelangelo's…
Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘magnum opus’ on the six-strong shortlist for 2022 International…
Nobel laureate and previous International Booker Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, pictured at the Rinkeby Library near Stockholm, 2019 - The Polish Nobel…
Aquatic depiction of Pablo Picasso’s lover and muse set to fetch $60m at Sotheby’s
Femme nue couchée was completed in 1932, Pablo Picasso's most prolific year - Pablo Picasso, Spanish born painter, sculptor and founder of Cubism,…
Japanese cinema is facing up to its #MeToo moment
FILE: Interior of cinema in Kyoto, Japan - The Japanese film industry is having its own #MeToo moment with a number of well-known directors and actors…
Ballet for Peace: Ukrainian and Russian dancers unite in special performance
Ukrainian and Russian dancers took part in a benefit show at the San Carlo Theatre to raise funds for efforts in Ukraine - As foreign outrage mounted over…
London’s National Gallery renames Degas work ‘Ukrainian Dancers’ rather than…
National Gallery Exterior - The National Gallery in London has changed the title of one of its paintings to reflect its true Ukrainian heritage.The…
‘Fill the silence with your music’, Zelenskyy tells Grammys
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv - Ukrainian…
Postponed due to war: Ukraine’s biggest film festival changes tack
The opening night of Docudays UA 2019 at the Zhovten Cinema, Kyiv - By now, tickets should have been sold in their thousands. Flights should have been…
Cities of Culture: What happens to candidates that don’t make the grade?
Interior of Pop Recs, Sunderland - The finalists bidding to be crowned UK City of Culture 2025 have now been confirmed. One of Bradford, County Durham,…
Ten anti-war posters that show Ukrainian artists at their symbolic best
Detail from a poster reacting to Russian attack on Mariupol - Ukrainian artists and illustrators have been firing back in their own disparate ways ever…
Bruce Willis steps away from acting after being diagnosed with brain disorder aphasia
Willis in 2014 - A couple of months ago we published a story detailing the fact that Bruce Willis, an A-Lister for most of his career, appeared to be…
Fair use or freeloading: Warhol art could change copyright law forever
A Tate representative poses for photographs next to an Andy Warhol 1986 "Self-Portrait" - The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to…
Oscars 2022 highlight LGBT+ rights in historic night for queer visibility
trans actor Elliot Page was one attendee of the Oscars ceremony 2022 - The 90th Academy Awards was a night of historic firsts and a triumph for…
Oscars 2022: ‘CODA’ wins best picture, Will Smith hits Chris Rock, here’s…
Troy Kotsur, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for 'CODA - The 94th Academy Awards are over.And what an…
OSCARS 2022: Did Will Smith punch Chris Rock on stage?
Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre. - …
Meet the Kyiv artists producing bulletproof vests for the Ukrainian army
A group of Ukrainian artists have been producing military supplies for the defenders of Kyiv - A community of artists in Kyiv have transformed their art…
Who’s most likely to win Best Picture at the Oscars and why?
Of all the Best Picture Nominees which is most likely to win? - The Academy Awards are just around the corner and the speculation over winners and losers…
What will Hollywood’s stars be eating at the 2022 Oscars Governors Ball?
Oscars chefs get ready for Hollywood's big night - 200 of the best chefs from around the world are hard at work preparing food for this year's Oscars…
‘If there is art, life goes on’: Kyiv theatre company takes shelter underground
While thousands have fled Kyiv due to the Russian invasion, members of an independent theatre company have stayed and taken refuge underground - Since the…