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Scientists developing new technique to preserve Da Vinci's self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci's self-portrait has survived 500 years of yellowing, staining, and fading.
To assess its health without touching it, Italian scientists have developed a new technique that could become the golden standard in paper...
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MidEast painting with dark history to be returned
Against an empty white wall in a nondescript Jerusalem law office hangs an impressionist work of art that encapsulates 80 years of tragedy, conflict, mystery and redemption. Max Liebermann's "Basket Weavers" painting is set to return to...
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The enduring appeal of the Matryoshka doll
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The Matryoshka doll is one of Russia's most iconic souvenirs.
One of the best know versions comes from the town of Semenov where just one hand made doll takes 7 days to make.
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Exhibition explores artist Alphonse Mucha's cosmic creations
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Copenhagen's Arken art museum is staging a major exhibit of works by Czech-born artist Alphonse Mucha.
Best-known for his cosmic illustrations, advertisements and postcards, the exhibit presents Mucha...
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A new exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington explores the works by Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo. His paintings give a glimpse into life in 15th century Florence. (Jan. 30)
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SOUNDBITE: Dennis Geronimus, Art History - New York University:
"On the one hand he's full of the unexpected and the fantastic. On the other hand he speaks a very human language, that one...
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J. Paul Getty Museum pays record $65.1 million at auction for Edouard Manet painting
The J. Paul Getty Museum was revealed Thursday (6 NOV. 2014) as the buyer that paid a record $65.1 million for Edouard Manet's "Spring," a celebrated portrait of a Parisian actress as an embodiment of the season.
The painting will join...
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BELGIUM: ANTWERP: JESUIT COLLEGE FORCED TO SELL MASTERPIECES
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Today (Monday) a unique auction in Antwerp, Belgium will rock the international art community.
For decades masterpieces of Belgian painters of the 16th and 17th century have been hanging on the walls of a Jesuit...
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Prince William and Kate Middleton announce their engagement
1. Prince William (right on screen) and fiancee Kate Middleton (left on screen) during news conference in which they announced their engagement
SOUNDBITE (English) Prince William:
(Question: "Did you get down on one knee?")
"(Laughs)...
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Jogging tours of Rome
AP Television
Rome, Italy - April 16, 2011
1. Wide of jogging tour guide Nicole Stahel talking to German joggers before going on jogging tour of city
2. Nicole talking to people in tour, UPSOUND (German) Nicole Stahel, Jogging tour...
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Rare exhibition of da Vinci's drawings
1. Wide of exterior of Ambrosiana Library
2. Poster reading (Italian) "Codex Atlanticus - Fortresses, bastions and cannons"
3. Wide of Faderciana hall tilt down to display of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
4. Pan left across display
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More on 10 million dollar drawing discovered in back room
1. Pan left, exterior, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
2. Wideshot, zoom in, Michelangelo drawing
3. Closeup, tilt down, Michelangelo drawing
4. Wideshot, Drue Heinz Study Center for Drawings and Prints where drawing was...
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Comedian Bill Cosby unveils his personal extensive art collection at the Smithsonian Institution
Everybody knows Bill Cosby's humor, but the comedian has kept his artistic tastes close at home. Now the extensive art collection of Bill and Camille Cosby is opening to the public for the first time Sunday at the Smithsonian...
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Important Chinese art up for auction
Hong Kong, February 28, 2012
1. Close of a woman in a Chinese painting, called 'Late Night', by Chen Yanning, expected fetch between USD 155,000 and 233,000
2. Close of a ceramic tea pot in 'Late Night'
3. Wide of 'Late Night'
4. Tilt...
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Researcher says key to mysteries of Mona Lisa in her eyes
1. Wide shot Mona Lisa painting displayed on computer screen
2. Close-up pan right of Mona Lisa's eyes
3. Close-up Mona Lisa's detail, bridge with number 72 highlighted with increased contrast
4. Wide shot of Researcher of the national...
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Art inspired by the ousting of Ukraine's president goes on display
A Ukrainian art exhibition inspired by protests that led to the ousting of the country's president, opened in the Austrian capital, Vienna on Thursday.
The exhibition features works by 35 artists and includes several objects that were...
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Art review of 2011
AP Television
Hong Kong - May 25, 2011
1. Mid of artwork of heads nodding, "Fermentation of Nose", 2011, by Heri Dono
2. Various of 2 paintings of Chairman Mao by Andy Warhol, Mao, 1973
3. Various of visitors to the Hong Kong Art...
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Their interests may not always align with fans, but actors who visit the massive pop culture expo Comic-Con to promote Hollywood's latest offerings also geek out over their own passions. (Aug. 5)
Their interests may not always align with fans, but actors who visit the massive pop culture expo Comic-Con to promote Hollywood's latest offerings also geek out over their own passions.
Hannah Ware stars opposite Zachary Quinto in the...
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Russian art sales thriving
Saint Petersburg, Russia - 24 November, 2010
1. Wide of exterior Inzhenerny Castle (branch of Russian State Museum) where pre-auction exhibition taking place +Night Shot+
2. Interior of castle, mid of musicians playing violins
3. Wide...
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Exhibition sheds new light on Monet masterpiece
A new exhibition in Paris seeks to answer many of the mysteries surrounding a painting by famed French artist Claude Monet.
The painting "Impression, Sunrise" is one of his most famous works and has intrigued art historians for decades....
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Impressionism meets expressionism in Berlin
GERMANY ARTSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5:31SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionBerlin - 20 May, 20151. Wide of "Chestnut tree in bloom" by Auguste Renoir (1881) on the...
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New Gerhard Richter paintings on display in Cologne
LEAD IN:Works by the record-breaking artist, Gerhard Richter, have gone on display at Cologne's Museum Ludwig. The exhibition coincides with the artist's 85th birthday and features new abstract works that have never been seen by the...