Arts and Culture

Tokyo’s cherry blossoms in full bloom draw crowds

TOKYO, April 4, 2024 (AFP) - Tourists and residents packed Tokyo's top cherry blossom spots on Thursday to enjoy the…

Five not-so-famous things about the Impressionist movement

By Olivier THIBAULT and Emilie BICKERTON PARIS, March 24, 2024 (AFP) - As the art world marks 150 years since…

Paris museum takes visitors back 150 years to Impressionism’s birth

By Eric RANDOLPH PARIS, March 24, 2024 (AFP) - The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism…

‘Dragon Ball’ theme park planned in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, March 22, 2024 (AFP) - A theme park based on Japan's "Dragon Ball" manga franchise will be built in…

Spring’s splendor: Celebrating 75 years of blooms at Keukenhof

LISSE, Netherlands, March 22, 2024 (AFP) - The world's biggest tulip garden opened to the public on Thursday for its…

Dutch art fair reports ‘record’ prices for Van Gogh, Picasso

  THE HAGUE, March 15, 2024 (AFP) - Europe's largest art fair closed its doors on Friday with organisers saying…

‘Sacred job’: Iraq Kurds digitise books to save threatened culture

By Khazan Jangiz Huddled in the back of a van, Rebin Pishtiwan carefully scans one yellowed page after another, as…

Paris Picasso Museum reopens with new selection

By Sandra BIFFOT-LACUT PARIS, March 10, 2024 (AFP) - The Picasso Museum in Paris, which houses the world's biggest collection…

For ‘difficult’ creator, ‘Dragon Ball’ success provided acceptance

TOKYO, March 8, 2024 (AFP) - Akira Toriyama was already famous to comic fans in the early 1980s with "Dr.…

Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passes away at 68

  By Tomohiro OSAKI, Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, March 8, 2024 (AFP) - The creator of Japan's hugely popular and influential…

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