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The 51 Percent
Under the knife: Chinese women use plastic surgery to 'look better' for recruiters
In this edition, why so many young Chinese women believe plastic surgery is the key to career success. Also a push in Germany to scrap a law that forbids German doctors from…
Paris show celebrates America's first black movie star
Paris’s Quai Branly Museum is dedicating an exhibit to US entertainer Paul Robeson, Hollywood’s first black star. Long blacklisted for his Communist sympathies, Robeson was…
London's National Gallery can keep disputed Matisse
A US court ruled Monday that grandchildren of Henri Matisse's muse cannot reclaim a painting from the National Gallery in London they said was stolen during World War Two, ruling…
Inside The Americas
Rio museum fire: Thousands of years of history up in flames
This week, a devastating fire broke out at Brazil's National Museum. Only an estimated 10 percent of its 20 million artefacts have been saved. The blaze has sparked outrage, with…
In The Papers
Parents in China stunned after pole dancer performs on first day of school
IN THE PAPERS - Tuesday, September 4: There's anger in the newspapers after Brazil's national museum goes up in flames, taking with it priceless treasures, with many blaming…
Government cuts blamed for 'tragic' Brazil museum fire
Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described by President Michel Temer as a "tragic" loss…
Mediawatch
Brazil mourns museum losses
There's a sense of loss and anger after the devastating fire at Brazil's National Museum. Some 20 million artefacts have been lost in a blaze blamed on a lack of protection and…
Massive fire guts Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum
A huge fire engulfed Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, lighting up the night sky with towering flames as firefighters and museum workers raced to save…
Perspective
Tate Modern director: 'We’re becoming increasingly a public space'
Art can help you experience, enrich and even change your life. That's the hope and feeling of the director of one of the world's top art museums, London's Tate Modern. Frances…
Macron's wax sculpture sparks social media backlash
Emmanuel Macron, eyebrows arched over a slightly lunatic stare, was on track to take his place among world leaders at the Grevin wax museum in Paris -- until an early glimpse of…
No dress code: Paris museum opens doors to nudists
Parisian museums are well known for their nudes, but the world-famous Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum opened its doors to a different type of nude on Saturday.
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Inside the artist's studio: Ousmane Sow's new museum in Dakar
He's been called the Auguste Rodin of Senegal. Sculptor Ousmane Sow was known for his larger-than-life sculptures and his talent working with bronze. Following his death in 2016,…
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