Singapore artist channels ‘creepy-cute’ with baby heads in sushi rolls
At first glance the works of Singaporean artist Qixuan Lim have a familiar, edible appearance....
Vatican’s ‘vampire’ prints of rarely seen 20th century art on show
They could be called the Vatican’s vampire prints – works by masters such as Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch and Salvador Dali so delicate that they...
‘Why is the road broken?’ Sightless Hong Kongers live city of protest by sound
In Hong Kong, when the tempo of traffic-light signals accelerates to about 800 ticks a minute, visually impaired residents know they can safely cross the...
Delta predicts 2020 profit growth; CEO says more people turning to air travel
Delta Air Lines Inc sees another annual rise in profit and revenue in 2020 driven by what Chief Executive Ed Bastian called a growing interest...
Dixons Carphone 1H profit plunges, maintains forecast as mobile turnaround on track
British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone stuck to its forecast for annual profit and said a plan to cope with the challenging mobile phone market was...
Indonesian cave art is earliest known record of ‘story telling’, researchers say
A cave painting found on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, depicting human-like figures hunting animals, appears to be the earliest known pictorial record of story-telling, according...
Dixons Carphone first-half profit plunges on mobile weakness
British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone reported a 60% fall in first half profit, hurt by expected losses in its mobile phones business, though it maintained...
Italian police think stolen Klimt masterpiece found hidden behind ivy
A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery...
Banksy’s flying reindeer highlight Christmas homeless plight
Elusive British street artist Banksy has highlighted the issue of rough sleeping in a seasonal mural showing two flying reindeer pulling a homeless man on...
All art is political: Switzerland’s Blocher puts masterpieces on display
Christoph Blocher’s vast collection of works by Switzerland’s master painters is a fitting accompaniment to the 79-year-old billionaire’s decades at the vanguard of right-wing Swiss...