Arts

A festival entitled Dialogue of Four Cultures is currently taking place in the Polish city of Łódź. The four cultures in question are Polish, Russian, Jewish and German. According to Polish public television, the festival’s purpose is to bring together all the unique features of different forms of art and cultural traditions, and to remind […]

While making ”In Desert and Wilderness,” director Gavin Hood faced almost as many pitfalls as the movie’s put-upon protagonists. In the 2001 film, set in the 19th century, a teen-age Polish boy and a young English girl escape fanatic Arabic kidnappers and begin a dangerous trek across the Sudan, battling malaria, thirst and wild animals

Renowned director pleased to bring Oscar-worthy, metro-shot film to festival Halifax’s hopes for an Academy Award were dashed when The Shipping News failed to make a critical impact this year, but we’ve got another good shot with acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland’s new film, Julie Walking Home. Australian actress Miranda Otto gives a truly Oscar-worthy performance

Examples of the magnificent work of Pablo Picasso and other painters who were active in Paris in the early 20th century are showcased in an exhibition at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. Picasso and The School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York includes 72 works

Edward Hirsch, an award-winning poet, was named today to be the next president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In January he will succeed Joel Conarroe, who has been president for 17 years. In making the announcement, Mr. Conarroe praised Mr. Hirsch as “an articulate champion of what the Guggenheim stands for” and “an