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The French touch "Cocoon"
In this edition, the French folk duo Cocoon Morgane Imbeaud and Marc Daumail. And a portrait of the controversial performance artist, Chris Burden.
ART
Stolen Renoir turns up 25 years after going missing
Italian police say they have recovered a painting by French impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen in Rome back in 1984.
ART
Paris appeal court upholds ban on body parts show
The Paris court of appeal has upheld the ban on "Our Body: The Universe Within", an art show exhibiting Chinese human corpses to the public, citing concerns over the origin of the corpses. On April 21, a lower court had ordered the show to close.
ARCHITECTURE
Paris by Guimard, through Stephen Frears' cinematography
In Stephen Frear's new film 'Cheri', set at the end of the XIXth century, architect Hector Guimard's 'Art Nouveau' design work is honoured - a style recognisable from the Paris metro or the facades of many of the city's beautiful buildings.
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Paintings by Hitler sell for over 100,000 euros
Thirteen watercolour paintings by Adolf Hitler have been sold at an auction house in Shropshire, western England, for over 100,000 euros. They had reportedly been forgotten by their owner in his garage until around two months ago.
FASHION
Art is good for business
Luxury goods makers find that sponsoring art organizations is good business.
JUSTICE - ART
Judged indecent, body show in Paris has to close
A French court has ordered "Our Body", an art show in which human corpses are exhibited to the public, to be shut down based on a new law that regulates how corpses can be disposed of. The event's organiser has said he will appeal.
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ART - HISTORY
Austrian town to return Klimt painting stolen by Nazis
The Autrian town of Linz will return a painting by Gustav Klimt to the descendants of a Jewish family who were robbed of it by the Nazis. The work has been identified as a portrait of Ria Munk, whose mother was killed in a Nazi death camp.
SPAIN
Solving the ancient riddle of the Alhambra palace
Thousands of Arabic inscriptions adorn the walls of the Alhambra fortress-palace, in Granada, Spain. Armed with modern technology, researchers are slowly cracking the code.
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Paintings by Hitler to be auctioned in UK
Thirteen paintings by Adolf Hitler, forgotten by their owner in his garage until around a month ago, will be put up for sale in April by an auction house in Shropshire, in western England.
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