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Picasso Museum prepares to open five years after closing for renovation
The Picasso museum in Paris is preparing to reopen its doors to the public after being closed for five years for renovation and expansion - time that has been fraught with setbacks and dismissals.
When the museum officially opens on 25...
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Zambian artist uses ancient rock art to inspire his paintings
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4030630LEAD IN:A Zambian artist is calling for more protection of his country's ancient rock art. Dating back 12,000 years, several rock art sites in Zambia have been damaged by thieves looking to...
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Exhibition showcases work of potrait painter Anton Graff
He was the Mario Testino of his time - the artist who immortalised the faces of the rich and famous during the German enlightenment.
Now a major exhibition of the works of the Swiss portrait artist Anton Graff has opened in Berlin.
Anton...
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3D fantasies come to life at street art festival
LEAD IN:Bright, bold and vivid 3D fantasies are coming to life at an out-of-this-world street festival in the Bulgarian village of Mogilovo.Artists from across Europe are demonstrating their ability to make drawings seemingly leap from...
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A major retrospective of Lichtenstein opens
London, UK, February 18, 2013
1. Various of artist Roy Lichtenstein's "Wham"
2. Crash zoom out of Lichtenstein's painting showing close of fire from gun of a fighter plane
3. Various of paintings of fighter planes
4. Close zoom out to...
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Bathrooms, bedrooms and unanswered emails at Biennale
LEAD IN:Installations based around people's bathrooms, bedrooms and unanswered emails are all part of the Berlin Biennale art festival.This year's edition explores the multiple cross sections between design, fashion, economics and...
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Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, attend premiere of film about the friendship of two mathematicians
JEREMY IRONS, DEV PATEL ATTEND 'THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY' PREMIERE, SAY ADDS UP TO MORE THAN MATHThe film "The Man Who Knew Infinity," based on a biography of the same name, is the story of two mathematicians - an Indian-born man named...
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Rebellious career of German collage artist celebrated in new exhibition
Insightful, amusing and almost always a patchwork of images.
Here at London's Whitechapel Gallery, over 120 pieces by German artist Hannah Hoch have been brought together for the first time from a host of international collections.
A...
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App allows people to listen to unique "cloud" music
Berlin, Germany - 14 May 2013
1. Close of Cloud Music (Wolkenmusik) sound installation on smartphone with app using a location to play music. UPSOUND: Volumia composed by Thomas Wochnik
2. Composer Thomas Wochnik looking at smartphone...
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Picasso "Femme Assise" sells for more than $63 million
PICASSO 'FEMME ASSISE' SELLS FOR MORE THAN $63 MILLIONPablo Picasso's cubist portrait Femme Assise sold for more than 43 million UK pounds (63.4 million USD) at auction in London on Tuesday (21 MAY 2016).The painting from 1909, based on...
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Neil Young on his electric 1959 Lincoln Continental
NEIL YOUNG'S BUSINESS MODEL: 'I LIKE TO DO THINGS WHERE I SEE A HOLE AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING'When Neil Young turned his 1959 Lincoln Continental into an electric car or developed a high-resolution digital music system, he didn't...
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Italian dealer claims he has original Modigliani
A disputed painting potentially created by Amedeo Modigliani around 1918 in Paris will be part of an exhibition in Italy this month, while experts remain divided about it's origins and authenticity. A portrait of a woman, it exhibits...
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Touring street artists inspire children and communities
LEAD-IN:A group of graffiti artists is trying to get young Jordanians and their communities to feel a sense of ownership of their streets. The Baladk artist collective is blasting riotous colours across the kingdom, hoping to increase...
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Art Attack - contemporary London fair embraces performance art.
It's art but not as many know it.
Here at Frieze London contemporary art fair, visitors are watching these two performers recreate an old performance work by German artist Franz Erhard Walther.
He's been a pioneer of action-based...
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Artists Ben Eine and Ben Mosley transform warehouse by Olympic Park into stylish pop-up club
A 19th Century Victorian warehouse in East London has been transformed into an artistic pop-up club in celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Fringe 2012 sits just over the river from the Olympic Stadium and offers visitors a...
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Exhibition follows in footsteps of the stiletto
LEAD IN:Stilettos are walking centre stage in a new exhibition in Israel celebrating the style, power and pain of the iconic shoe. The exhibition features stilettos by Israeli designers, who were asked to forget comfort and design the...
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Chinese artist creates vast installation in Grand Palais
LEAD IN: A Chinese artist has taken over the exhibition hall of the Grand Palais in Paris with a vast artwork featuring shipping containers, a giant snake skeleton and a Napoleonic hat.Every year a different artist is challenged to fill...
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Chelsea artists, galleries are being featured in an exhibit in Havana. The organizers hope this is a step toward improving relations between the United States and Cuba.
HEADLINE: NY art exhibit takes Chelsea to Havana
CAPTION: Chelsea artists, galleries are being featured in an exhibit in Havana. The organizers hope this is a step toward improving relations between the United States and Cuba. (March...
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Turning cogs and top hats - Steampunk takes Cape Town by storm
You wouldn't expect a trend setter to be searching for inspiration in a scrap yard.
But to Steampunk artist Chris Jones, what's rubbish to some is the source of his new artistic creations.
Here in Cape Town, this is just one city around...
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Art fan turns her Lyon apartment into pop up gallery
This may not look like everyone's apartment building, but this is home for Sylvie Garrigue.
For the past four years, she's transformed this apartment overlooking Lyon's River Saone into a fully-functioning art space.
It's named...
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Artist turns his talent for minature painting to creating prosthetic eyes
A French artist has channelled his passion for minutiae painting into helping people who have lost an eye due to accidents or congenital disorders.
Having an eye for detail is a vital trait when it comes to Philippe Jacquin Ravot's...
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Street art goes 3D
Artists from around the world gathered in St Petersburg for the first street art festival to celebrate art that encompasses big ideas with low budgets.
People from all generations gathered to create the 3D drawings on tarmac and paving...
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Louvre Pyramid plays host to inaugural work of art
1. Wide exterior of Pyramide du Louvre at Louvre Museum in central Paris
2. Various of installation of "Third Paradise" collage by Italian artist Michelangelo Pisteletto on the outside of the pyramid
3. Various of the interior of the...
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Little black dresses and classic 50s style on show
An exhibition celebrating the work of one of the 20th Century's greatest dress designers has opened in Madrid.
Hubert de Givenchy is the subject of a major retrospective at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
The Parisian couturier was...