Arts & Life

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – Two dozen visitors queued to get their temperatures taken at the entrance to Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on Monday as it became the first of Spain’s major cultural centres to reopen its doors after a long lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. General view of the Guggenheim …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – If you’ve ever dreamed of being in the Sistine Chapel without feeling like you are craning your neck in a packed open-top tourist bus, now is your chance. People wearing protective face masks stand in front of The Vatican Museums ahead of the re-opening amid the …

FILE PHOTO: Artist Christo stands in front of his work The London Mastaba, on the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, Britain, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson (Reuters) – Christo, the Bulgarian-born artist best known for his temporary installations based on wrapping the exteriors of landmark buildings, bridges and outdoor spaces, …

PARIS (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris will reopen on July 6, it said on Friday, as France’s historical and cultural sites emerge gradually from the coronavirus lockdown. FILE PHOTO: Bikers ride past the Louvre museum after France began a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the …

FILE PHOTO: A tourist sits in front of the Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris, August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann PARIS (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris said on Friday it was planning to re-open its doors on July 6 following new steps announced Thursday by Prime Minister …

LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC oil output hit the lowest in two decades in May as Saudi Arabia and other members started to deliver a record supply cut, a Reuters survey found, although Nigeria and Iraq are laggards in making their share of the reduction. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed oil …

A view shows a recreation of “The Hunters at Rest” painting by Russian artist Vasily Perov in Hamar, Norway, in this undated handout picture. Participants of the Facebook group “Izoizolyacia”, or Art Isolation, recreate art masterpieces using everyday items, amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Natalia Eriksen …

FILE PHOTO: Visitors examine books at Frankfurt book fair in Frankfurt, Germany, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Frankfurt’s annual book fair – the world’s largest – will take place as scheduled in mid-October, its organisers said on Wednesday, a sign of some return to normality amid the …

FILE PHOTO: Visitors examine books at Frankfurt book fair in Frankfurt, Germany, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Frankfurt’s renowned annual book fair will take place on its original dates in mid-October, its organisers said on Wednesday, a sign of some return to normality amid the coronavirus pandemic. …

LONDON (Reuters) – J.K. Rowling published the first chapters of a fairy tale about a monster known as the Ickabog on Tuesday, an allegory about truth and abuse of power that is free online so that children can read it during coronavirus lockdown. The story concerns rumours of a fierce …