Men in skirts, Madonna in cones and lots of sailors: The Gaultier style
When Gaultier walks away from fashion design, he will leave behind a rich legacy of men in skirts, Madonna in a conical bra and lots of sailor stripes.
A North Korean outpost in Seoul: The Pyongyang Bar
In Seoul, a small building bears an image of a North Korean-looking construction worker pointing to the slogan: “Look! It’s the Pyongyang Bar!”
Jean-Paul Gaultier to retire as fashion designer
Flamboyant French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier said Friday that his next Paris haute couture fashion show will be his last.
‘Prozac Nation’ author passes away at 52
Elizabeth Wurtzel — author of the highly acclaimed 1994 memoir “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America” — died at 52.
Falls and fun at eco-friendly ‘ice’ rink in Mexico
Mexico is better known for cactus-dotted deserts, but the capital’s central square is celebrating winter with an enormous, eco-friendly artificial ice rink.
AI puts final notes on Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony
A team of musicologists and programmers is racing to complete a version of the piece using artificial intelligence, ahead of his birth’s 250th anniversary.
Banana-eating performance artist was ‘hungry’
Performance artist David Datuna waited two hours until “I was hungry” before eating a pricey banana artwork in Miami, he explained with laughter on Monday after returning to New York. “It’s the first time one artist eats art of another artist,” he said in a mirth-filled press conference. The Tbilisi-born Datuna, who has lived in […]
Artists cash in on China’s online sticker craze
When “Silly Piggy” appeared in WeChat, the sticker became an instant hit. People sent it more than 30 million times in its first month.
‘Emotional’ Will Smith campaigns against homelessness in New York
Will Smith still feels “emotional” about homelessness years after playing a destitute man in one of his most acclaimed roles in “The Pursuit of Happyness”.