Dame Maggie Smith, who died on Friday aged 89, was a perfectionist who turned anxiety into an art form and was hailed as one of the great actors of stage and screen.
Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, has died aged 89, her family said
A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week.
A man shattered a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on Friday during the opening of his exhibition at Palazzo Fava in the Italian city of Bologna, a spokesperson for
Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested in Manhattan by federal agents on Monday evening based on a sealed indictment, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said.
James Earl Jones, the actor, was sometimes in danger of being upstaged by James Earl Jones, the voice.
Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues
The 81st Venice Film Festival ended on Saturday. Here is a list of all the main award winners.
Hundreds of theatres, galleries and other cultural organisations in Slovakia threatened on Thursday to go on strike if the culture ministry did not stop what they described as intimidation
The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday.
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday.
Egyptian officials and the U.S. ambassador inaugurated renovations of several monuments and buildings in Historic Cairo, including the Bimaristan al-Muayyad Sheikh, a hospital
An 18-year-old Iraqi national was detained in Vienna in connection with investigations into an alleged plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital, Austria's
Polish divers have found a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden laden with bottles of champagne, a "very exclusive" cargo they say may have been destined for the tsar of
UNESCOÂ added a series of outdoor sculptures by Romanian modernist master Constantin Brancusi to its list of world heritage sites on Saturday, celebrating their place as one of
Singer-songwriter Charli XCX, rapper Ghetts and indie rock band The Last Dinner Party are among the nominees for this year's Mercury Prize, organisers of the British music award
Cyprus has taken delivery of priceless antiquities looted after war split the island in 1974, as part of an ongoing effort to trace and repatriate thousands of artefacts fenced
Nigerian artist Fola David is seeking the Guinness record for the largest drawing by an individual after spending six days on his piece in a stadium in the commercial capital Lagos.
The Paris Olympics' opening ceremony next Friday will be a joyful, daring and atypical show in which artists and athletes together celebrate Paris, France and the Games alongside the
Actor Johnny Depp has turned to tarot iconography to inspire an art collection that includes a tribute to his former partner, French actor and singer Vanessa Paradis, and goes on
Art lovers drift slowly through the exhibition halls of the Pushkin Museum, pausing to peer at vibrant works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.
Dairon Darias, a Cuban ballet dancer, has an unusual hobby when it comes time to unwind following the strict discipline of dance - raising melipona bees, a stingless Cuban variety
Irish rock and blues star Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar, described as "the most recognisable Strat in rock history" because of its worn appearance, is headed for
From a diva commanding the stage to a punk-rock loving hooligan, a new generation of clowns took to the stage on Monday night at the start of a London festival celebrating
A team of archeologists have discovered the ruins of what appears to be a 4,000-year-old ceremonial temple buried in a sand dune of northern Peru, alongside skeletal human remains
China threatens Taiwan with more trade measures after denouncing president's speech
Japan PM Ishiba says he won't intervene in BOJ's rate policy
In Hiroshima peace park, visitors hope Nobel win will boost peace efforts
Turkey should continue tight, monetary policy until inflation at target, IMF says
Goodell sees 16 international games per year if NFL adds 18th regular season game
Kim Jones steps down as artistic director at Fendi to concentrate on his role at Dior Men's
Cam Skattebo runs for 156 yards and 2 TDs, Arizona State knocks off No. 16 Utah 27-19