Sites of Khmer Rouge execution, torture in Cambodia added to UNESCO list | Arts and Culture News
Added to the World Heritage list are two prisons: Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung Ek.Three notorious locations used by…
Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list | Arts and Culture News
UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal…
Made in Palestine | Arts and Culture
Made in Palestine is a documentary short set inside the Hirbawi textile factory, the last remaining producer of the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh in Hebron, in…
Germany breaks world record for largest string orchestra | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedGermany shattered the world record for largest string orchestra as 1,353 musicians performed Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” The intergenerational event brought together players of all…
Pamplona’s iconic bull run opens in Spain | Arts and Culture News
Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of six charging bulls at the opening run of the San Fermin festival in…
Trump and the arts, so far: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
It’s July 4, and the country is gearing up to celebrate 249 years of independence from British rule with fireworks, beer and hot dogs. The…
Topuria wins UFC lightweight title with stunning knockout of Oliveira | Mixed Martial Arts News
Topuria delivers on his promise to win via first-round knockout after moving up in weight to fight Oliveira.Spain’s Ilia Topuria scored a stunning first-round knockout…
Ceramicist Michael Frimkiss: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Ceramicist Michael Frimkiss — who was born to a Jewish family in Boyle Heights in 1937 — died on Feb. 28 at 88, leaving a…
Tom Aspinall is UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champ as Jon Jones retires | Mixed Martial Arts News
Mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Jon Jones has retired, and interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has been elevated to the undisputed title holder, Dana White,…
The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria | Arts and Culture News
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria.The Netherlands has officially handed back 119 ancient sculptures stolen…
Black artists in Altadena: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in its final month of debris removal in Altadena. It has already cleared thousands of properties destroyed in…
UC Irvine in talks to take over OCMA: L.A. arts and culture this week
UC Irvine and Orange County Museum of Art have signed a nonbinding letter of intent, which, if approved by the University of California Board of…
Downtown L.A.’s arts scene grapples with curfews and cancellations
Center Theatre Group temporarily canceled “Hamlet” at Mark Taper Forum; the Los Angeles Philharmonic scuttled the final night of its Seoul Festival at Walt Disney…
UFC: Dvalishvili keeps bantamweight title vs O’Malley; Usman beats Buckley | Mixed Martial Arts News
Merab Dvalishvili has effortlessly defeated Sean O’Malley in the main event of the Mixed Martial Art’s (MMA) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 316 night in New…
Mapping Altadena’s heritage: L.A. arts and culture this week
The Getty announced a $420,000 grant to the L.A. Conservancy for a cultural asset mapping project that will help track, chronicle and maintain Altadena’s cultural,…
In Italy, a choir of immigrants and locals tells the story of Venice | Arts and Culture
Prince, also known by his recording name Dellyswagz, heard about the choir through a friend who was a member when he first moved to Venice…
UFC 316: Merab Dvalishvili stops Sean O’Malley to retain title | Mixed Martial Arts News
With US President Donald Trump in attendance, Dvalishvili dominates challenger O’Malley in a third-round victory in New Jersey.Merab Dvalishvili defeated Sean O’Malley effortlessly in the…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o was not just a writer, he was a militant | Arts and Culture
Ngugi wa Thiong’o loved to dance. He loved it more than anything else – even more than writing. Well into his 80s, his body slowed…
The Broad to open the largest-ever Robert Therrien show: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The sculptor Robert Therrien had a deep connection with the Broad museum. He was among the first L.A. artists that founders Eli and Edythe Broad…
BBC arts broadcaster dies aged 78
Paul GlynnCulture reporterWatch: A look back at Alan Yentob's colourful, creative careerAlan Yentob, the long-serving BBC arts broadcaster and documentary-maker, has died aged 78.Yentob profiled…