Arts

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have become the oldest and first black women to jointly clinch the Man Booker Prize, with judges flouting the rules to name both winners.

Austria's Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the postponed 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

A long-lost painting by a 13th century Italian master discovered in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has been valued at up to six million euros and will be sold at auction next month.

Medieval drama "Game of Thrones" closed its run with a fourth Emmy award for best drama series, while "Fleabag" was the upset winner for best comedy series on Sunday (September 22) night during a show that rewarded newcomers over old favorites.

In the sprawling slum of Petare in Venezuela's capital of Caracas, a team of artists and residents led by Fabian Solymar are painting abstract murals covering up walls filled with Socialist Party political propaganda.

Author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel “Beloved” about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publisher said.

Ghanian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo wants to start a dialogue on slavery with a sea of concrete heads commemorating the trauma of 400 years since the transatlantic slave trade began. Serena Chaudhry reports.

Harold "Hal" Prince, who won a record 21 Tony Awards as producer and director of some of Broadway's biggest hits, including "The Phantom of the Opera," "West Side Story" and "Fiddler on the Roof," died on Wednesday at age 91.

Theater is rooted deep in Greece's history and culture - but as the country claws its way out of financial crisis, youth unemployment is low. Now, its young actors are fighting to keep their dreams alive.

Fulu Muziki is a musical group whose members may spend as much time combing through heaps of trash in Kinshasa as they do practicing their songs. Their instruments are made out of recycled materials.

A dark musical re-make of a Greek myth grabs the spotlight at Sunday's Tony Awards show. "Hadestown" won eight awards, including best musical and best director. It was a night for Broadway to celebrate its own success, with record-breaking ticket and box office sales.

One of the 20th century's best-known architects, I.M. Pei, has died according to the New York Times. Pei was born in China but made his mark around the world with his distinctive modern aesthetic. His toughest project has turned out to be his most famous: the pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris.