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Art & Culture
- Saturday, 12 May 2012
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Bruneians go on wings of dove to Cambodia
IN March this year five Bruneian students from the Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School had the unique opportunity to participate in a humanitarian mission to Cambodia.The mission was a life-changing experience for five students who were part of a 45-...
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Help! London theatre seeks Beatles lookalikes
MORE than a hundred mop-topped musicians have flocked to a London theatre in the hope of being cast as Paul, John, George or Ringo in a new Beatles-inspired musical.A spokesman for the producers of "Let It Be", due to hit London's West End...
- Thursday, 10 May 2012
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BRUNEI'S traditional wedding
IN BRUNEI, younger generation soon-to-be brides and grooms are not excluded from past values and practices due to the presence of rich customs and tradition still alive within Bruneian society. Some young couples prefer to have a "short and...
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Sunset-coloured painting fetches US$86.9 million
A SUNSET-COLOURED painting by Mark Rothko became the world's most expensive contemporary art work Tuesday when it fetched US$86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie's in New York."Orange, Red, Yellow" was as hot on the...
- Saturday, 5 May 2012
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Fiji's coconut sellers dream of escaping poverty, hardship
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...
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Taipei's Palace Museum set for expansion
TAIPEI'S Palace Museum (pic) will expand its exhibition area to accommodate growing numbers of visitors, according to Taiwanese authorities in charge of economic construction.The expanded exhibition hall, together with a cultural creativity center,...
- Thursday, 3 May 2012
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Philippine bonsai art world-class, too
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...
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Impressionist and modern art go under the hammer
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
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Beijing theatres given subsidy to attract more people
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...
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Lima's pre-Inca ruins fall prey to growth
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...
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Cliff paintings dating back over 4,000 years discovered in China
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...
- Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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Incense carries aroma of history
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...
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Riau to learn from Malaysia's tourism promotions
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...
- Saturday, 28 April 2012
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Will and Kate celebrate first year
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...
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Ambroise Vollard: The man who discovered Picasso
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...
