A Pablo Picasso painting has set a new record for the most expensive art work sold at auction, fetching $106m (£70m).

An exhibition by underground Parisian-New-York legend of the past two decades, photographer, artist and publisher, Paul Steinitz, is ready to start in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

‘She’s not a girl, not yet an old woman.’ Barbie has recently turned 50 and is coming to Russia to celebrate her golden jubilee. (RT)

Volkhonka Art Centre occupies an unusual space – two thousand square meters underneath Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow where it will become the largest antiquarian art gallery in the capital. (RT)

Ksenia Sukhinova from Siberia has been crowned the new Miss World in a glamorous show in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 21-year-old student from the Tyumen region beat 109 rivals.

President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters have been invited to appear on the children's TV show Hannah Montana, musician Billy Ray Cyrus said.

The 6th annual Russian film week is opening in Paris today. Within the period of 7 days the lovers of Russian culture will have a chance to see 8 films that were made by the leading Russian film makers earlier this year.

The Russian Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra has performed a very successful concert in San Paulo. This was an open-air event with a free entrance.

Dennis Hopper has been made a commander in the French Legion of Honour in a Paris ceremony.

One of the most famous fairy-tales of all times has made its way to Moscow. 'Beauty & the Beast' will run for seven months at the MDM Theatre and then tour the rest of the country.