Tarantino still on top

It’s been a long time since his name’s been highlighted, but the much anticipated new Quentin Tarantino film is on its way. A decade in the making comes a World War II fantasy, true to Tarantino’s style.

Starring Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, Christoph Waltz, and Til Schweiger, Inglourious Basterds is the story of the first year of Germany’s occupation of France. Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent) just flees Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz) who murders her family. She then escapes to Paris and, undercover, runs a cinema. Continue Reading

Edward Steichen exhibit at the AGO

The Art Gallery of Ontario will be featuring celebrated American fashion photographer Edward Steichen, in an exhibit with images from the 1920s and ’30s. Continue Reading

da Vinci drawings debut in Italy

Milan, Italy will be soon housing an enormous collection of writings and drawings by Renaissance artist  Leonardo da Vinci. These 24 separate exhibitions will go on public display in September at the Palazzo Marino.

The collection, called The Codex Atlanticus, is home to a large portion of his work, including studies of bird flight to sketches of complex machinery. Continue Reading

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Famed choreographer dies at 90

American choreographer Merce Cunningham, known for revolutionizing modern dance, has died at the age of 90. The Cunningham Dance Foundation released a statement Wednesday saying that Continue Reading

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Galleries struggling with recession

With the recession underway, many gallery owners in art-centric communities are finding their options are minimal: close shop, go broke to stay open or drastically Continue Reading

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Recycled Sculpture Show in London

Frogs made from recycled CDs and mobile phones. A heron designed from abandoned shopping carts recovered from a canal. Tires turned into crocodiles.Just a sample Continue Reading

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Britain’s Royal Ballet heads to Havana

A rare appearance of Britain's Royal Ballet in Havana begins this week. Almost 100 dancers from Britain's Royal Ballet has headed to Cuba for a Continue Reading

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Beethoven: live and twittered

The National Symphony Orchestra has recently announced it will be the first

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2010 Cultural Olympiad lineup announced

The Cultural Olympiad  celebrates the arts, sweeping music, dance, theatre, visual arts,

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Financial troubles for Annie Leibovitz

A true example of success not equaling financial stability, Annie Leibovitz, famed