Seven paintings by some of the world's most famous artists have been stolen from an exhibition in the Netherlands.

Ben Stiller is getting some of the biggest names in contemporary art to help Haitian children affected by last year’s earthquake.

Barack Obama honoured a predecessor, Germany’s leader and artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to society that he said spoke to “who we are as a people”.

A classic drip work by Jackson Pollock may have become the world's most expensive painting, it was reported today.