German show explores Japan influence on Impressionists
Ueberlingen, Germany - An art exhibition to open in Germany Saturday explores the influence of Japanese art on two 19th-century Impressionist painters, Edgar Degas and James Whistler. Coloured woodcuts by Hosoda Eishi, Ando Hiroshige and other Japane...
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2009-07-09 ] Category : [
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Italy's Stella defended by Berlin palace foundation
Berlin- Franco Stella, the Italian architect appointed to rebuild Berlin's royal palace from the ground up, was defended Monday from critics by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Stella, a professor who favours classic buildings rebuilt as mo...
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2009-07-06 ] Category : [
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Cologne gay pride carnival attracts 500,000
Cologne, Germany - Around half-a-million people thronged the centre of Cologne on Sunday for the annual gay pride parade known as Christopher Street Day. More than 90 brightly coloured floats snaked their way through the streets in pleasant summer te...
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2009-07-05 ] Category : [
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Italian architect dismisses Berlin claims
Berlin - An Italian architect selected to design a replica of a 18th-Century palace in the heart of Berlin has dismissed claims he was not eligible for the multimillion dollar project. A lawyer for Francesco Stella said there was no truth to allegati...
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2009-07-01 ] Category : [
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German-Iraqi dispute mounts over 4,500-year-old gold vase
Mainz, Germany - An Iraqi-German dispute heated up over an antique gold vase on Tuesday, as German customs officers said they would retrieve the object from a Mainz museum vault on Thursday, despite Iraqi opposition. Both the Iraqi government and a M...
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2009-06-30 ] Category : [
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