Bob Dylan art exhibition coming to NYC (AP)

NEW YORK – A New York City gallery will be exhibiting 18 drawings and paintings by Bob Dylan created while the musician was touring Asia.

The Gagosian Gallery says Dylan's Asia Series will run from Sept. 20 to Oct. 22.

The gallery says it will be the singer-songwriter's first exhibition in New York.

The works depict landscapes and architecture from his travels in Japan, China, Vietnam and Korea in 2009 and 2010.

Last year, the Halcyon Gallery in London exhibited his paintings based on sketches he made while on the road from 1989 to 1992.

In 2009, 100 works from his Brazil Series were shown at Denmark's National Gallery.

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Richard Gere voices Tibet concern at Seoul exhibition (AFP)

SEOUL (AFP) – Hollywood star Richard Gere on Wednesday voiced concern at what he called torture and killing in Tibet, during a visit to South Korea to promote an exhibition of photos he took in the Himalayan territory.

Gere said some of the images in the exhibition illustrated what he called the political oppression faced by his "Tibetan brothers and sisters".

The "Pretty Woman" and "Chicago" actor is a longtime campaigner for the rights of Tibetans and a vocal critic of the Chinese government's treatment of Tibetan independence activists.

"I think it's impossible to look at these photographs and not realise the extraordinary suffering of the Tibetan people," he said.

One photo shows several drawings depicting the torture of Tibetan nuns by Chinese authorities. Gere said he found the drawings on the wall of a convent in Dharamshala, the Indian city where Tibet's government in exile is based.

He said he took the photograph in 1998 or 1999.

"The same kind of torture, the same kind of deaths... in Chinese prisons in Tibet are still taking place today," said Gere, who appeared before Congress early this month to urge greater US support for Tibetan rights.

The actor, a convert to Buddhism, on Tuesday toured the Jogye temple in central Seoul, the headquarters of the religion's biggest sect in South Korea, with his wife and son.

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Daisy Lowe launches photography exhibition for charity

How much do we love Daisy Lowe?! Not only is she super gorgeous and stylish, she also has a huge heart!

 

The kind model has launched an exhibition in aid of the British Heart Foundation’s

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