Month: October 2008

A sculpture of a giant horse, a tower of stacked cubes and a steel “nest” are the final three designs that could grace a Kent hilltop. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/kent/7646825.stm

Fans of Booker Prize-winning author John Banville can go online to read the first chapter of his forthcoming novel free of charge. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7646238.stm

A portrait of dancer Akram Khan is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7644848.stm

Works by Joan Miro, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque are to go on show at an art exhibition in London, in tribute to French art collector Aime Maeght. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7647039.stm

A new major exhibition in Liverpool looks at the works of Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_pictures/7644951.stm

Switzerland’s busiest train station was transformed for a special live performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera La Traviata. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7645872.stm

A portrait of dancer Akram Khan is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7644848.stm

The work of the four artists nominated for this year’s £25,000 Turner Prize goes on display at Tate Britain in London. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7641623.stm

Classical composer Philip Glass is to make an opera imagining the final months of the late Walt Disney. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7643756.stm