http://www.sticknews.com/ Stick News - categorized list with advanced search of fresh news headlines by various themes, regions, dates and sources. en-us Copyright 2007-2012 StickNews.com http://www.sticknews.com/ http://www.sticknews.com/images/logo.jpg 125 100 http://www.sticknews.com/content/home-front-debuts-at-top-of-bestsellers-list-67854.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Home Front soared straight to the spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:30:17 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/georgian-national-ballet-a-family-dance-with-history-67855.htm TBILISI Reuters - It has survived communist oppression the Cold War the break-up of the Soviet Union and counted Josef Stalin and Elvis Presley among its admirers but at its heart the Georgian National Ballet has always been a bit of a familyThu, 09 Feb 2012 10:59:07 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/seven-decades-of-lucian-freud-on-show-in-london-67633.htm LONDON Reuters - Britains National Portrait Gallery launched a major show of the late figurative painter Lucian Freuds work Wednesday showcasing the fleshy portraits which made him one of the worlds most revered artists in his lifetime Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:52 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/some-top-lots-stumble-at-mixed-sothebys-sale-67632.htm LONDON Reuters - Sothebys struggled to sell two of its top lots at a London auction of impressionist and modern art on Wednesday taking some of the gloss off the art market after rival Christies set a series of records the day before Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:57:05 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/internet-titan-peter-norton-sells-more-of-art-collection-67410.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Works by Damien Hirst Ed Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein are among Post-War and Contemporary art that will be sold by Christies at an auction next month that will also feature 45 works from the collection of Silicon Valley pioneerTue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:50 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/records-tumble-at-christies-art-sale-67409.htm LONDON Reuters - Christies on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011s record-breaking run into the new year Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:25:34 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/st-louis-tries-new-approach-in-museum-expansion-67197.htm ST LOUIS Reuters - The St Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a 162 million expansion Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:02:24 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/royal-party-and-read-a-thon-mark-big-day-for-dickens-66690.htm LONDON Reuters - Queen Elizabeth is throwing a star-studded party for him at Buckingham Palace and in Buenos Aires leading cultural figures will gather in an old orphanage to read from his works Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:11:35 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/no-cause-of-death-yet-for-la-artist-mike-kelley-coroner-66691.htm LOS ANGELES Reuters - Los Angeles County Coroners examiners have completed an autopsy on the body of artist Mike Kelley but have not yet determined a cause of death pending further tests a spokesman said on Friday Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:58:41 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/tom-stoppard-beneficiary-of-the-subconscious-66486.htm JAIPUR Reuters - From time-bending drama to the absurd adventures of Shakespeares supporting cast almost 50 years of work has brought playwright Tom Stoppard popular critical and even royal acclaim Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:54:07 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/last-storyteller-delaney-knows-how-to-get-attention-66485.htm LOS ANGELES Reuters - Frank Delaney knows a surefire way to capture a persons attention In fact the New York Times bestselling author and former BBC broadcaster claims he can do it with only eight words Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:15:19 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/a-minute-with-street-artist-mark-jenkins-66282.htm BERLIN Reuters - American street artist Mark Jenkinss human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:04:03 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/russias-shiny-new-bolshoi-grappling-with-gripes-66280.htm MOSCOW Reuters - When Moscows Bolshoi Theater threw open its doors after a six-year renovation a gilded handle broke off in a reporters hand during the first dress rehearsal for the opening opera Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:46:09 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/la-contemporary-artist-mike-kelley-found-dead-66281.htm LOS ANGELES Reuters - Influential contemporary artist Mike Kelley has been found dead at his home in a Los Angeles suburb and authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating his death as a possible suicide Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:41:54 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/polish-nobel-winning-poet-szymborska-dies-at-88-66279.htm WARSAW Feb 1 - Polish Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska once described as the Mozart of Poetry died on Wednesday after suffering from lung cancer She was 88 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:09:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/barter-system-part-of-appeal-for-brussels-art-show-66054.htm BRUSSELS Reuters - In the history of currency earplugs have unsurprisingly never been widely used or accepted So when a man offered Belgian artist Delphine Boel 10000 earplugs for her print The Source of Identity at the Truc TrocTue, 31 Jan 2012 10:50:11 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/christies-2011-art-sales-hit-record-66053.htm LONDON Reuters - Christies shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues selling art worth 36 billion pounds or nine percent more than in 2010 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:55:06 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/sumerian-gold-jar-other-relics-returned-to-iraq-65845.htm BAGHDAD Reuters - A 6500-year-old Sumerian gold jar the head of a Sumerian battle axe and a stone from an Assyrian palace were among 45 relics returned to Iraq by Germany on Monday Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:33:30 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/new-london-play-tells-story-of-guantanamo-boy-65844.htm LONDON Reuters - A theatre in east London is staging new play Guantanamo Boy this week focusing on the US detention camp as it marks it 10th anniversary and engaging local Muslims in political debate Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:53:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/charlie-chaplin-heads-to-broadway-in-musical-form-65843.htm LOS ANGELES Jan 30 TheWrapcom - Silent-film star Charlie Chaplin might seem like an unlikely candidate as the subject of a Broadway musical but it will soon be a reality Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:08:45 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/artprice-eyes-sales-boost-from-online-auctions-65846.htm PARIS Reuters - French art database and ad specialist Artpricecom expects sales to soar this year on the back of the launch of an online auction service its chief executive told Reuters on Monday Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:26:01 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/factbox-main-competition-films-at-berlin-festival-65315.htm BERLIN Reuters - The 62nd Berlin film festival opens on Thursday February 9 and ends on February 19 with the awards ceremony taking place on February 18 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:10:01 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/arab-spring-fukushima-star-at-hard-hitting-berlinale-65311.htm BERLIN Reuters - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival director Dieter Kosslick said as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japans crippled Fukushima nuclear facility take centreFri, 27 Jan 2012 11:08:18 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/indias-razzies-poke-fun-at-indulgent-bollywood-65314.htm MUMBAI Reuters - Bollywood stars better watch out Movie fans in India are handing out their own version of the Razzies the annual Oscars spoof that spotlights Hollywoods worst performances Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:56:39 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/old-masters-auctions-total-more-than-120-million-65312.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Old Masters paintings brought in more than 120 million at auction sales this week with several works selling for more than 5 million each and records set for some artists Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:54:41 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/british-film-shadow-dancer-lifts-crowd-at-sundance-65313.htm PARK CITY Utah Reuters - A tense British thriller about a mother deeply entrenched in the IRA and forced to choose between the organization and the family she loves has earned high praise among the foreign films at this weeks Sundance FilmFri, 27 Jan 2012 05:19:45 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/book-talk-the-fall-and-rise-of-a-north-korean-everyman-65085.htm TOKYO Reuters - Pak Jun Do is a dutiful North Korean Raised in an orphanage he follows orders to become a soldier a kidnapper of Japanese citizens and an intelligence officer once submitting to being bitten by a shark to prove his loyalty Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:24:21 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/revealed-famous-names-who-snubbed-uk-queens-honors-65086.htm LONDON Reuters - Receiving an honor from Britains Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret official document the idea was so unappealing that they turned down the monarchs offer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:59:21 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/exclusive-bones-and-landscapes-inspire-danish-queens-art-65084.htm COPENHAGEN Reuters - Denmarks Queen Margrethe II said that painting landscapes helps to recharge her batteries in an exclusive interview with Reuters ahead of this weeks opening of a major exhibition for her art Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:55:25 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/haj-show-seeks-to-lift-veil-on-key-islamic-ritual-64865.htm LONDON Reuters - Billed as the first major exhibition devoted to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca Hajj journey at the heart of Islam at the British Museum aims to lift the veil on a ritual that is a mystery to many in the non-Muslim world Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:34:47 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/saudi-artists-test-limits-of-expression-in-rare-show-64868.htm JEDDAH Saudi Arabia Reuters - Standing on a large floor map in a Jeddah art gallery Hamza Serafi places a yellow sign inscribed Caution revolution take 2 over Egypt and then turns to Saudi Arabia Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:03:41 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/us-returns-stolen-pissarro-artwork-to-france-64866.htm NEW YORK Reuters - The United States returned an artwork by Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro to French authorities on Wednesday more than three decades after it was stolen from the wall of a small museum in southeastern France Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:18:28 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/abu-dhabi-further-delays-louvre-guggenheim-projects-64867.htm ABU DHABI Reuters - Abu Dhabi is once again pushing back the opening of local branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums after a fresh review of the projects the governments tourism arm said on Wednesday Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:51:11 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/abu-dhabi-resumes-louvre-guggenheim-projects-64655.htm ABU DHABI Reuters - Abu Dhabi has approved a raft of projects including the delayed branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums after a review of development plans signaling the oil-exporting Gulf emirates support to state-linked enterprisesTue, 24 Jan 2012 12:37:34 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/french-brand-courreges-takes-retro-fashion-online-64656.htm PARIS Reuters - Courreges the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue relaunching the French name online Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:26:21 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/novel-pure-wins-costa-prize-amid-bitter-dissent-64657.htm LONDON Reuters - Andrew Millers novel Pure won the 2011 Costa Book of the Year Award on Tuesday beating four other category winners after what the chair of judges described as fierce debate Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:32:55 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/india-book-event-gets-death-threat-as-rushdie-speech-looms-64423.htm JAIPUR India Reuters - The director of Asias largest literature festival received a death threat hours before Salman Rushdie was set to address the event on Tuesday though organizers confirmed that the author would still speak using a videoTue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:53 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/rushdie-speech-cancelled-after-death-threats-in-india-64658.htm JAIPUR India Reuters - A video-link speech by Salman Rushdie to Asias largest literature festival was cancelled minutes before it was due to begin on Tuesday because of death threats to the organizers and fears of riots by Muslim groups Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:02:59 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/canaletto-memling-expected-to-lead-old-masters-sales-64424.htm NEW YORK Reuters - An early 14th century panel of the Virgin Mary a view of Venice by Canaletto and a very rare oil on copper still life will be among the highlights of Sothebys sale of Old Master Paintings this week Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:05:59 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/another-side-of-ai-weiwei-shown-in-sundance-film-64204.htm PARK CITY Utah Reuters - A new documentary film offers a glimpse into the life of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei conveying a creative brave yet humble man who has become more cautious following his 81-day government detention in 2011Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:52:07 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/oprah-winfrey-charms-chaotic-india-at-book-event-64050.htm JAIPUR India Reuters - Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the regions largest literature festival fast becoming a global cultural gala Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:29:51 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/best-selling-indian-author-says-banned-writers-not-heroes-63889.htm JAIPUR India Reuters - Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled a trip to India citing threatsSat, 21 Jan 2012 02:24:23 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/first-edition-audubon-book-sells-for-79-million-63888.htm NEW YORK Reuters - A full-size complete first edition of John James Audubons The Birds of America sold for 79 million at auction on Friday in New York to a private American collector Christies said Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:22:30 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/female-nude-by-bacon-may-fetch-28-million-at-christies-63683.htm LONDON Reuters - A female nude painted by Francis Bacon in 1963 will lead Christies London auction of post-war and contemporary art on February 14 where it is expected to fetch around 18 million pounds 28 million Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:09:09 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/book-talk-absurdist-jim-henson-film-that-wasnt-63682.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Although he was best-known as a creator of childrens puppets like Kermit the Frog Jim Henson had a parallel career as an experimental filmmaker before Sesame Street and The Muppet Show made him a household name Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:08:26 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/believing-the-lie-soars-to-top-of-best-sellers-list-63684.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Believing the Lie soared to the top spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:11:39 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/hockney-close-to-home-with-yorkshire-landscape-show-63226.htm LONDON Reuters - A major new show of British artist David Hockneys recent landscapes is a homecoming of sorts rooting the 74-year-old in his native Yorkshire and far from the swimming pools of Los Angeles for which he is most famous Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:54:50 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/poet-burnside-wins-prize-overshadowed-by-funding-row-63007.htm LONDON Reuters - Scottish writer John Burnside on Monday won the 2011 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry overshadowed this year by the withdrawal of two nominees over a sponsorship deal with an investment company Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:35:55 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/tread-carefully-in-chinese-art-market-experts-say-62811.htm SINGAPORE Reuters - Investors should not indiscriminately buy pieces by popular contemporary Chinese artists since commercial success has made some complacent and later paintings and sculpture may lack the originality of earlier work art advisersSun, 15 Jan 2012 10:51:22 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/bill-cosby-muses-on-life-in-latest-book-62259.htm NEW YORK Reuters - Media icon Bill Cosby at 74 still looms larger than life over the American psyche Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:42:47 EST