Art & Culture

CANNES, France: The Cannes Film Festival got under way with a blockbuster day of Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.”

Paul Smith, the British fashion brand, organized an artistic evening that attracted many art and fashion lovers at The Archive Café in Dubai.

To make ends meet, struggling artists are sidestepping into other careers. In search of a reliable minimal income, many are turning to work at beauty salons.

The first annual photography competition in the Kingdom will be organized by Raffles Makkah Palace, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and the Arts (SASCA).

A variety of women’s events and activities will be held this Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Christie’s auction house raised nearly $ 32 million for environmental causes on Monday at a charity art auction.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque exhibition kicked off at the Shadda Gallery in Red Sea Mall in Jeddah on Sunday.

The 2013 Cannes film festival opens tomorrow with Baz Luhrmann’s 3D version of “The Great Gatsby,” a lavish throwback to the “Roaring Twenties” that befits the glamor and excess of the world

Barbara Walters, who in 1976 became the first woman to anchor one of the daily network television news shows, announced late Sunday that she will retire next year.

LONDON: Ben Whishaw was named best actor at Britain’s top TV awards on Sunday, cementing his status as one of the UK’s new leading men after starring in the James Bond movie “Skyf