Thursday 28 August 2008
British galleries bid to keep priceless Titian painting
The Duke of Sutherland has granted the National Galleries of Scotland and London's National Gallery four months to collect the £50m required to purchase a masterpiece by Titian, before the painting goes on the private market for twice as much.
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- ART - UNITED KINGDOM
- British galleries bid to keep priceless Titian painting
- Thursday 28 August 2008
- The Duke of Sutherland has granted the National Galleries of Scotland and London's National Gallery four months to collect the £50m required to purchase a masterpiece by Titian, before the painting goes on the private market for twice as much.
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- MUSEUM - UK
- Gilt Kate Moss on show at the British
- Thursday 28 August 2008
- A 50 kg gold statue of Kate Moss is on display at the British Museum. Called "Siren", the statue is worth 1.9 million euros and is supposed to be the largest golden statue since Ancient Egypt.
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- VENEZUELA - CINEMA
- Villa del Cine, a controversial film studio
- Wednesday 27 August 2008
- Villa del Cine, created by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a riposte to Hollywood, has boosted the country's film industry. But this movie studio is widely criticised by film makers as being a propaganda tool for the socialist leader.
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- MUSIC - INTERNET
- Guns'N'Roses get US blogger arrested
- Thursday 28 August 2008
- Kevin Cogill, a US blogger, has been arrested by the FBI for putting songs, from the long-awaited next Guns'N'Roses album "Chinese Democracy", online. Known on the web as "Skerwl", he faces a five-year jail sentence.
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- VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
- Pitt, Clooney open 65th Venice film festival
- Wednesday 27 August 2008
- Brad Pitt and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie 'Burn After Reading', a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers which opens this year's Venice international film festival.
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- ARCHAEOLOGY - TURKEY
- Roman emperor's giant statue found in Turkey
- Tuesday 26 August 2008
- The head and arm of a four-metre tall statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found in Turkey by Belgian and Turkish archaeologists on a site where a large statue of emperor Hadrien was previously discovered.
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- SCOTLAND - LITERATURE
- Sean Connery publishes autobiography
- Tuesday 26 August 2008
- Scottish actor Sean Connery launched his long-awaited biography on Monday,"Being a Scot," in which he attributes his success to being Scottish. The book also details the influence of Connery's fellow Scots throughout history.
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- ART - USA
- When politics meets art
- Tuesday 26 August 2008
- US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has inspired street artist Shepard Fairey to create posters of him. In a pop art style reminiscent of propaganda posters, the work appears on many US streets and has the support of the Obama campaign.
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