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Exhibition pits Pablo Picasso versus Toulouse Lautrec
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A unique exhibition in Spain is comparing the works of two great masters of modern art - Pablo Picasso and Toulouse Lautrec.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid presents Picasso/Lautrec to mark...
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Exhibition charts Christian history in MidEast
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A new exhibition charting Christian history in the Middle East has opened in Paris.
"Eastern Christians – Two Thousand Years of History" includes 300 artworks and objects, some dating back as far as...
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The museum of ancient computer technology
LEADIN:
A new "anti-museum" in Russia offers visitors the chance to experience 20th century technology.
On offer are original Macintoshs, ancient Nintendo games and old Soviet PCs.
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Wintour pays tribute to Lagerfeld's generosity, humor
WINTOUR PAYS TRIBUTE TO LAGERFELD'S GENEROSITY, HUMOR
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Smithsonian names first African American secretary
The founding director of the Smithsonian's museum about African American history will now lead the entire system of museums and parks.
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Ed Hardy: Flashy or fine art? New exhibition showcases the tattoo artist's work through the years
ED HARDY: FLASHY OR FINE ART? NEW EXHIBITION SHOWCASES THE TATOO ARTIST'S WORK
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Germany - Kassel contemporary art festival
Documenta / Kassel, Germany / June 20th / ENT 2
Germany hosts a jumbo-sized round-up of contemporary art
The north German city of Kassel is currently holding Documenta, a contemporary art festival held once every five years. The artwork...
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Display of 'body beautiful' Greek statues in Taiwan
Taipei - 14 October, 2010
1. Wide of marble statue of discus thrower (Discobolus), Roman period, 2nd century AD
2. Close up of discus thrower's head
3. Close up hand
4. Close up discus thrower's hand holding discus
5. Tilt up discus...
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Museum devoted to battlefield surgery
1. Exterior of National Museum of Health and Medicine
2. Skeleton inside museum collections
3. Skeleton of Charles Gaiteau, assassin of President James Garfield
4. Life cast of President Abraham Lincoln's hands
5. Vertebrae from...
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A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum looks at the elevated shoe as a design object. Platforms in the show date as far back as 1550 and include a lethal 8-inch dagger stiletto and a gravity-defying design embraced by Lady Gaga. (Sept. 8)
Killer Heels.
The title says it all. It's the name of a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum that looks at the elevated shoe as a design object, from platforms dating to about 1600 to a contemporary lethal 8-inch dagger stiletto and a...
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Museum on serial killers opens in Mexico City
1. Wide shot exterior police Cultural Centre
2. Banner hanging in from building reading: "Serial Killers"
3. Model of fictional serial Killer Hannibal Lecter
4. Various of model of Charles Manson
5. Close shot of model of unidentified...
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Stolen Matisse painting unveiled at National Gallery
A stolen Henri Matisse painting recovered by the Venezuelan authorities was unveiled at National Gallery in Caracas on Tuesday.
Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz sought US cooperation in the investigation of the theft of the...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: MET COSTUME GALA
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Story: Met Costume Gala
Location: New York
Date: 6th December 1999
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art was the place to be last night (December 6th) as a constellation of rock 'n roll stars and fashion icons converged on...
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The public is once again getting a close view of scientists uncovering fossils from liquid asphalt pools in the heart of Los Angeles, better known as the La Brea Tar Pits. (June 19)
The public is once again getting a close view of scientists uncovering fossils from liquid asphalt pools in the heart of Los Angeles.
Officials at the La Brea Tar Pits are reopening a shuttered exhibition hall and restarting an...
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Secrets of an Egyptian mummy are revealed
Stanford University - August 20, 2009
1. Wide of mummy being moved into scanner
2. Close and pan of mummy
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Professor Paul Brown, Stanford University Dept. of Surgery:
"Our job is to reconstruct the mummy,...
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Graffiti exhibit showcases work of Keith Haring, Martin Wong, more
Spray-painted at night on a Lower East Side handball court, the "Howard the Duck" mural showed the comic book character peeking from behind a trash can with the words: "Graffiti is a art, And if art is a crime, Let God forgive all."
That...
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Sting honoured as MusiCares Person of the Year in LA
1. Wide shot: red carpet
2. Medium: Sting on red carpet
3. Close up and zoon out of MusiCares banner
4. Wide shot of Hugh Hefner with girlfriends
5. SOT (English) Hugh Hefner, "Playboy" Founder: "I think it was an error in judgement, due...
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People may be allowed destroy their Soviet-era surveillance records
10 March, 2011
1. Wide of House of Terror Museum exterior
2. Mid of visitors entering House of Terror
3. Wide of wall with portraits of the victims of Hungarian dictatorships
4. Close pan of portraits on wall
5. Top view of wall and...