The Duke of Sutherland has granted the National Galleries of Scotland and London's National Gallery four months to collect the £50m required to purchase a masterpiece by Titian, before the painting goes on the private market for twice as much.

A 50 kg gold statue of Kate Moss is on display at the British Museum. Called "Siren", the statue is worth 1.9 million euros and is supposed to be the largest golden statue since Ancient Egypt.

Villa del Cine, created by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a riposte to Hollywood, has boosted the country's film industry. But this movie studio is widely criticised by film makers as being a propaganda tool for the socialist leader.

Kevin Cogill, a US blogger, has been arrested by the FBI for putting songs, from the long-awaited next Guns'N'Roses album "Chinese Democracy", online. Known on the web as "Skerwl", he faces a five-year jail sentence.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie 'Burn After Reading', a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers which opens this year's Venice international film festival.

The head and arm of a four-metre tall statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found in Turkey by Belgian and Turkish archaeologists on a site where a large statue of emperor Hadrien was previously discovered.

Scottish actor Sean Connery launched his long-awaited biography on Monday,"Being a Scot," in which he attributes his success to being Scottish. The book also details the influence of Connery's fellow Scots throughout history.

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has inspired street artist Shepard Fairey to create posters of him. In a pop art style reminiscent of propaganda posters, the work appears on many US streets and has the support of the Obama campaign.

‘Noor’, the Turkish soap opera following the twists and turns in the love lives of a rich Istanbul family, has turned into a social phenomenon across the Arab world.

Despite numerous arrests, the Notting Hill carnival, the world's second biggest after Rio, went off with a bang as thousands of revellers packed the streets of west London, blowing whistles and dancing in the drizzle.

A Serbian village has unveiled what it says is Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley, to promote tolerance in a region still recovering from war.

“Miranda regresa” (“Miranda Returns”) is the first major film produced by President Hugo Chavez’s state-run production company with a budget of 2.3 million dollars.

Marco Polo is back in China. The Venician explorer is the subject of French choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla's last ballet currently performed in Beijing. The ballet will arrive in France in March 2009.

A Sierra Leone promotion agency is not looking too kindly upon the 2007 movie "Blood Diamond," starring Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio. According to the agency, the movie hurts the country's reputation, and should be banned.

Ray Manzarek and Robby Manzarek, two members of the seminal rock band "The Doors", were barred from using the name of the band after touring as the "Doors of the 21st Century" and using pictures of the late Jim Morrison to promote the group.

An Italian farmers' group expects Italy's wine production, around 47 million hectolitres in 2008, to beat that of France, nabbing the top European wine producing spot that France has occupied since the beginning of the century.

The Sakifo Festival on Reunion Island hosts a variety of artists, from Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly to country music-tinged singer Moriarty.

In the history of fashion, the sixties clearly changed the way people looked at what they wear. Pret-a-porter emerged, while the spirit of '68 inspired people to break traditional fashion rules.

Nelson Mandela signed over his Cape Town home to be used as a living museum. The house was Mandela's only residence outside of prison. The former South-African president spent 27 years in prison.