Arts

Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett and her husband have adopted a daughter, their fourth child, the couple's management said March 7.
      
"The Upton family have adopted a baby girl," a statement issued on behalf of the pair said. "Her name is Edith Vivian Patricia Upton."       

One of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings will not be returned to the heirs of its Jewish former owner in a case that has tested Austria's laws on restitution of looted art.
   

The 9th ?zmir International Puppet Days kicked in the western province on March 5.

This year, 40 puppet theater groups will perform 42 shows in 27 different venues within the festival program. Four exhibitions, one from Slovenia and another from Bulgaria, will host art lovers.

It is not every artist who could see a woman's hat in a red farmyard faucet, but works on display in Istanbul show the 20th century Catalan painter and sculptor Joan Miro in a playful mood in later life.

"Women, Birds, Stars" at the Sak?p Sabanc? Museum features 125 paintings, prints, sculptures, tapestries and ceramics, including loans from the Miro family's personal collection.

A Picasso painting stolen from the Georges Pompidou center in Paris in 2001 was discovered in the United States, where it was sent as… a Christmas gift, according to New York’s judicial authorities.

The painting is valued at many a million dollars, according to the Brooklyn D.A. It is estimated at 30 million euros.

A newly-opened exhibition at Istanbul Modern's Photography Gallery titled "Magnum - Contact Sheets" explores the creation processes of photographs from Magnum Photos, one of the world's most prestigious photography agencies.

British graffiti artist Banksy has released a short video titled "Make this the year YOU discover a new destination," in which he documented life in war-torn Gaza during his undercover visit to the city.

In the political documentary released on his official website, the artist displays the dire situation of Gaza residents with satirical descriptions of the region.

BELGRADE - The US band Wovenhand will perform at Dom Omladine Beograda (DOB) on April 25, with the concert to be organised by the promotion company Long Play.

In its 10th anniversary, the Suna and ?nan K?raç Foundation Pera Museum is presenting an exhibition of selected works by world-renowned Alberto Giacometti The Suna and ?nan K?raç Foundation Pera Museum is hosting the first major exhibition of Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti in Turkey, featuring a retrospective approach of the artist's decades of work.

In its 10th anniversary, the Suna and ?nan K?raç Foundation Pera Museum is presenting an exhibition of selected works by world-renowned Alberto Giacometti The Suna and ?nan K?raç Foundation Pera Museum is hosting the first major exhibition of Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti in Turkey, featuring a retrospective approach of the artist's decades of work.