Human Accomplishments

NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on...

A popular art installation in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor is no longer making waves. A 54-foot rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, started deflating Tuesday, and by Wednesday, the piece looked like a flattened yellow pancake bobbing...

May 16 (Reuters) - A pear-shaped colourless diamond that is the largest ever offered at auction sold for a record of nearly $27 million in a Geneva auction, where records were also set for the prices of pearls and sapphires, auctioneer Christie's said....

(Reuters) - A pear-shaped colorless diamond that is the largest ever offered at auction sold for a record of nearly $27 million in a Geneva auction, where records were also set for the prices of pearls and sapphires, auctioneer Christie's said. The 101....

A painting by Barnett Newman set an artist record at auction on Tuesday, selling for $43.8 million in New York. Sotheby's had expected "Onement VI," an abstract work in dark blue, to go for between $30 million and $40 million. The sale was part of a...

If the premiere of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" is any indication, high style will be alive and well in the 23rd century. The film's cast and celebrity supporters were in full galactic glam at Tuesday night's premiere. Zoe Saldana chose a nude silk...

The old saying is “The stopwatch and the tape measure don’t lie.”  However, when it comes to jumping, it often takes more than the tale of the tape to separate the state’s best.  A quick glance at this week’s track and...

New Rutgers basketball Coach Eddie Jordan was brought in to lead the university out of the embarrassment of the Mike Rice scandal, but controversy continues after the school’s athletic department’s website inaccurately declared Jordan had...

May 02 (TheWrap.com) - Chris Kelly, one half of teenage rap duo Kris Kross, died Wednesday, his mother and record producer said in a statement. He was 34 and died of an apparent drug overdose. Cpl. Kay Lester, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County police,...

* Psy tells Ivy League audience that music unifies people * Harvard professor says Psy connected to digital culture By Ross Kerber CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9 (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy said he "partied hard" when his dance number drew its first...

Apryll Walker wanted to be mom. Her husband, Brett, wanted to be an inventor. But they both shared a love of music that they couldn’t ignore and now it’s a family passion. For about a half-dozen years, the Walkers and their seven children...

Stepping up the effort to strengthen its European art collection, the Getty Museum has acquired two major Old Masters paintings: an exuberant early self-portrait of Rembrandt from around 1628, and a classic scene of the Grand Canal in Venice by...