A Rembrandt self-portrait bought from the Rothschild family with 150 million euros ($162 million) of Dutch state cash went on display at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Thursday.. As well as the Dutch parliament approving 150 million euros of public cash, the Rembrandt Association added 15 million euros to the pot and the Rijksmuseum funded 10 million.
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who faces mounting problems over his private life, is to sell much of his art collection worth an estimated 3-5 million euros, his auctioneers announced Thursday.. The auctioneers said they had never encountered someone who lived with their art like Depardieu.
British actress Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar-winning actress who went on to become an MP, died on Thursday at the age of 87, her agent said.. "Devastated to hear that my predecessor Glenda Jackson has died," she tweeted.
Oscar-winning British actress Glenda Jackson, who died on Thursday aged 87, played powerful female roles before abandoning stage and screen for a career in politics where she was unafraid to speak truth to power.. - Political stage - Jackson moved seamlessly to politics, challenging Thatcher's free-market capitalist policies that she said were destroying British society.
Alien conspiracies, Oscar winners and hardly a superhero in sight: Marvel is taking its record-breaking franchise in a new direction with "Secret Invasion," a spy thriller starring Samuel L Jackson, Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke.. The presence of Colman, a best actress Oscar-winner for 2018's "The Favourite," alongside Jackson, who was given an honorary Academy Award for his career last year, represents a casting coup for Marvel.
Major music publishers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit accusing Twitter of failing to stop "rampant" copyright infringement on the platform.. "Twitter refuses to stop the rampant infringement of copyrighted music... because it knows that the Twitter platform is more popular and profitable if Twitter allows such infringement," the lawsuit argued.
Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened an investigation against Till Lindemann, the frontman of German metal band Rammstein, following multiple claims of sexual assault.. Several women have come forward in recent weeks to claim they were drugged and recruited to engage in sexual activity with Lindemann, 60, at Rammstein after-show parties.
Animation studio Illumination, creators of "Minions" and "Super Mario Bros", was presented with a rare honorary award by Pharrell Williams at one of the world's top animation festivals in France on Wednesday.. "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Sing" films have also been hugely successful, though all have been eclipsed by the shock triumph of "Super Mario Bros" which has grossed more than $1.3 billion since its release in April.
Climate change, migration, artificial intelligence, perspectives on Africa and combating nationalism take centre-stage this year at Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair.. - 'Apocalyptic' atmosphere - The fair tackles topical issues such as the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.
Marvel Comics artist John Romita Snr, primarily known for his work on "The Amazing Spider-Man", has died, his son said Tuesday.. "My father, John Romita passed away peacefully in his sleep this Monday morning," his son, John Romita Jnr, also a comic book artist, wrote on Instagram.
