The Czech crown jewels went on show at Prague Castle Friday, in a rare public display for the 700-year-old items that are pulled out only on special occasions.

The Kalimantan region in Borneo has some of the richest, most complex and most diverse basketry traditions found anywhere in the world, but modernization has been posing a constant threat to these.

Venice removed a controversial white statue of a naked boy holding a frog by U.S. sculptor Charles Ray from the entrance of the Grand Canal on Wednesday, sparking criticism from art lovers.

A record was set for French artist Chaim Soutine on Wednesday at Christie's auction of Impressionist and modern art, which met expectations with a total of just under US$160 million.

Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee yesterday expressed enthusiasm over the new television series “Tyrant” that he is currently working on.

From the moment the teenage musician caught sight of the organ in France's most famous cathedral, he knew where he wanted to play. In the five decades since, Philippe Lefebvre has traveled the world to play what he describes as an “orchestra of one,” but the organ master returns to the loft above Notre Dame and is never disappointed.

Deanna Durbin, the teen sensation whose sparkling soprano voice and girl-next-door looks made her a star during Hollywood's Golden Age, has died, a family friend said Wednesday. She was 91.

Deanna Durbin, the teen sensation whose sparkling soprano voice and girl-next-door looks made her a star during Hollywood's Golden Age, has died, a family friend said Wednesday. She was 91.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with “Van Gogh At Work,” an exhibition that shows the famously tortured artist's working methods right down to his paints, brushes and other tools.

Five years after it was reduced to ashes in an arson attack, the newly rebuilt Namdaemun gate in South Korea was unveiled Monday after a painstaking reconstruction costing millions of dollars.