Recovered Munch paintings to be exhibited in Oslo
Oslo - On the eve of a special exhibition showing the painstaking work to restore two paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch stolen in 2004, the Munch Museum said Thursday that one of the works, The Scream, has been redated. Until recently, the M...
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2008-05-15 ] Category : [
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Major Picasso show in the Middle East for the first time
Abu Dhabi - Paintings and sculptures of Pablo Picasso, featuring a great breadth of the works of the 20th Century artist, will be shown in an exhibition in Abu Dhabi this summer - first of its kind in the Middle East, organizers said Tuesday. The sho...
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2008-05-13 ] Category : [
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Thousands celebrate Walpurgisnacht in German mountains
Thale, Germany - Thousands of tourists gathered in Germany's Harz mountains Wednesday night to celebrate Walpurgisnacht, a night of superstition associated with an ancient spring festival. Witches were once believed to dance on the Brocken, the highe...
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2008-04-30 ] Category : [
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Cattelan artwork commissioned for Cologne venue
Cologne, Germany - Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, 47, has been commissioned to do an installation at the Stommeln Old Synagogue, the town of Pulheim in suburban Cologne said Wednesday. Padua-born Cattelan is widely known for the weird humour of ...
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2008-04-30 ] Category : [
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Vatican greets Buddhists for Vesakh festival
Vatican City - The Vatican issued Tuesday warm greetings to Buddhists for their festival of Vesakh which this year is celebrated between May 12 and 18. In the message, the Vatican's top inter-faith dialogue official, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, als...
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2008-04-29 ] Category : [
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Nakizumo 'crying sumo' festival held in Japan
Tokyo - Japan's traditional Nakizumo, or crying sumo, festival took place Sunday as babies competed to bawl the loudest in the arms of sumo wrestlers as a prayer to the gods for good health. Parents pray at the annual event at the Sensoji temple in t...
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2008-04-27 ] Category : [
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