Beijing: Standing in a dimly-lit gallery space in China's National Museum, the owner of the world's only privately-held Vermeer gazed at the small...
Beijing: Standing in a dimly-lit gallery space in China's National Museum, the owner of the world's only privately-held Vermeer gazed at the small...
Mechelen, Belgium: The painstaking job of restoring some of the world's finest ancient tapestries, stitch by stitch, is not for the highly strung...
Tokyo: With a single post on Instagram, Yusaku Maezawa announced not only his purchase of an $110.5 million Basquiat masterpiece, and his place...
MARRAKECH, Morocco: Lined up against shopkeepers hawking everything from fresh parsley to colourful socks, Marrakech’s historic booksellers face an uncertain future as authorities...
Mandatory quotas for hiring and promoting women are options Japan could consider to take its "womenomics" push to the next level, according to...
Los Angeles: "Brazil, with a 'z' or an 's'?" asks a girl. "In Spanish, it's with an 's,' in English with a 'z,'"...
MUMBAI: A lack of safe workplaces in India and the danger of reaching them by public transport is keeping more educated women out...
Manila: Peter Dallos shouts above the rumble of his smoke-belching engine urging passengers to clamber quickly on to his dilapidated red jeepney. Such...
Pengshan, China: Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables and fruits in an unusual farm...
PITTSBURGH: The artist of a painting depicting the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice has withdrawn the piece from a Pittsburgh arts festival after...
NEW YORK: Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection "Jesus' Son," has...
Ramadan is the holiest month for Muslims. Every year, Muslims around the world fast during daylight hours, but what is it really about? ...
Hammam al-Alil, Iraq: Mustafa al-Ta'i worked in secret at night, using his brushes and pencils to record the violence he saw during the...
Wittenberg, Germany: Carrying an armful of "Luther Brodt" gingerbread to the cashier, Mikael Byrial Jensen admits sheepishly that Martin Luther would probably not...
Tokyo: Workaholic Japan is known for long office hours and stressed out employees, but one company claims to have a cure: Cats. A...
NEW YORK: Works by Francis Bacon and Cy Twombly each sold for more than $50 million at Christie's on Wednesday, helping drive a...
Djerba, Tunisia: Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an annual...
Yasothon, Thailand: Salvos of homemade rockets blasted into the sky amid thumping dance music, mud-wrestling and monks as Thailand's northeast hailed the start...
