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Underworld saint becoming more popular in US
A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land a role on the TV show ...
CNBC tries reality TV after business hours
Buzz-worthy reality shows are often a ticket to riches for cable networks, even when the shows seem to have little to do with the network's reason for ...
San Francisco's 'other' bridge prepares to shine
After more than 75 years in the shadow of its glamorous cousin, San Francisco's "other" bridge is getting a chance to shine. The San Francisco-Oakland ...
US seizes 2,200 pieces of artwork in NJ
The massive trove of artwork arrived in New Jersey last year from Texas on an 18-wheeler — its contents a mystery. After five days of inventory, the ...
Berlin wall removal stalls amid protests
Hundreds of angry protesters on Friday prevented construction workers from removing a section of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin ...
Colleges, theaters to create new Civil War plays
Four major universities are joining theater companies in Boston, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta in a project to commission new plays, music and ...
For Belarusian artist, money is art
Art is literally money for Belarusian artist Igor Arinich. For several years, Arinich has used Soviet-era banknotes to create artistic images.
Correction: Stolen Dali story
In a story Feb. 26 about the theft of a Salvador Dali painting, The Associated Press erroneously reported the nature of Phivos Istavrioglou's guilty ...
Films to bring art exhibits to cinemas worldwide
Art exhibitions abroad are coming to a cinema near you. Art lovers who can't travel to London to see Edouard Manet's portraits at the Royal Academy ...
AP PHOTOS: A look back at the 2010 Gulf oil spill
A high-stakes trial started Monday to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the 2010 Gulf oil ...
Banksy graffiti auction halted after UK outcry
A mural by secretive graffiti artist Banksy has been withdrawn from an auction sale after a campaign by London residents to reclaim it. The stencil ...
In artist's show, creation merges with destruction
It took Ryan Travis Christian four days to fill the paper sheet stretching 6½-by-30 feet and push-pinned to the white museum wall. Spreading charcoal ...
British neighborhood wants its Banksy back
A London neighborhood wants its Banksy back. A stencil by the famed but secretive graffiti artist of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting on an ...
Anne Hathaway honored by Costume Designers Guild
Anne Hathaway was deemed best dressed — by people who dress her for work. The "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Dark Knight Rises" actress, who's ...
Man charged with taking Dali work from NYC gallery
A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in ...
Nudes check out nudes at Austrian museum
These museum goers didn't just leave their coats at the coat check. They handed over their shirts, trousers and underwear. Everything, in fact, except ...
Art witness: the 20th century according to Chagall
A new exhibit in Paris tries to show the painter Marc Chagall as a historian of the 20th century. Through rich, colorful allegories of the two world ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Stanley Marsh 3 settles teenagers' lawsuits
Stanley Marsh 3, an eccentric millionaire artist best known for his "Cadillac Ranch" art display along an interstate in the Texas Panhandle, has ...
Mexican artist turns guns into musical instruments
The guns that have caused so many deaths in northern Mexico are now making music. Mechanical hammers ping against ammunition magazines from assault ...
Summertime outdoor pianos returning to NYC
A new player is coming to the city's street scene this summer: everyday New Yorkers. Sing for Hope Pianos will take 88 rehabbed pianos, ask artists ...
Friendships bubble up at NY Fashion Week
Rachel Roy was at Vera Wang's NY Fashion Week show Tuesday, in a choice seat next to John Legend. Tory Burch regularly attends the shows of Narciso ...
Rock pioneer Patti Smith receives Hepburn medal
Rock musician and writer Patti Smith was honored by Bryn Mawr College with a medal named after the late actress Katharine Hepburn. She received the ...
Original Iwo Jima monument coming to NYC auction
A long-forgotten piece of America's military history is going up for sale. The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo ...
Modigliani portrait sells for $42M in London
The high-end art market is weathering Europe's economic storm, with London auctions this week netting more than 280 million pounds ($440 million) as ...