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A 'Mona Lisa' copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said on Wednesday.
HEADLINE: 'Mona Lisa' copy done hand in hand with da Vinci
CAPTION: A 'Mona Lisa' copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MONUMENTS TO APARTHEID STILL STAND
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The monuments to apartheid are still standing across South Africa, a year after the country's first multi-racial government came to power.
But a sense of political correctness is spreading in Nelson Mandela's new South...
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NEWS FEATURE Museum hopes to display independence documents
February 2008
1. Tilt down from flags to "Independence house," now housing a museum
2. Close of flags
3. Exterior of "Independence house" museum entrance
4. Tilt up from insignia on floor to an empty glazed table, where Kosovo's...
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Art exhibit has "sleeping beauties" waiting for kiss - and marriage
Fairytales have come true in Ukraine - with an art exhibition offering real-life "sleeping beauties" the chance to marry their "Prince Charming".
Five women have been taking turns sleeping on display at the National Art Museum in Kiev...
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Julia Roberts and George Clooney - co-chairs of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion gala - were among dozens of A-list celebrities and designers to turn out for the affair. (May 6)
HEADLINE: Roberts, Clooney lead celeb parade at Met gala
CAPTION: Julia Roberts and George Clooney - co-chairs of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion gala - were among dozens of A-list celebrities and designers to turn...
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NYC exhibit showcases costumes and clothing from Katharine Hepburn's personal collection
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New York City, 16 October 2012
1. Wide of Katharine Hepburn exhibit
2. Pan from picture of Hepburn to outfit worn by her
3. Pan up of an outfit worn by Hepburn
4. Mid of Jean Druesedow, director of the Kent State...
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Museum devoted to espionage to open
1. Shot of replica Aston Martin car from James Bond-Goldfinger-Movie on display in the International Spy Museum
2. Shot of Aston Martin replica displaying tricks from Goldfinger movie
3. Shot of spying device in museum
4. Shot of...
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Museum dedicated to whisky opens in Buenos Aires
The first of its kind in Latin America and featuring the second largest collection of malt whiskies in the world, according to its founder, the newly launched Museum of Whisky is causing a stir in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
The...
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Items from George Harrison's childhood and music career go on display at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles
With his widow's blessing and help from some powerful forces in music and movies, the most private of the Beatles has been getting a lot of public attention lately.
George Harrison's life was the focus of an HBO documentary, "Living In...
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Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg and more inducted
AP Television
New York, 17 June 2011
1. Wide shot of 45th Street, pan to red carpet entrance
2. Wide shot of Garth Brooks entering on red carpet
3. Tilt up on Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks...
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Russia - dolls go on display
It was a dream come true, for the children who attended the opening ceremony of the Museum of Unique Dolls in Moscow. The museum displays a collection of antique and modern dolls, collected by artist Yulia Vishnevskaya during the past 15...
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LARGEST DUERER ART EXHIBITION OPENS
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Germanisches National museum Nuremberg, Germany - May 22, 2012
1. Close zoom out eyes of Duerer's father "Abrecht Duerer- the older" by Albrecht Duerer , 1490
2. Close hands of Duerer's father with rosary "Abrecht Duerer-...
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New Impressionism exhibition opens
1. Wide exterior pan of the Musee d'Orsay
2. Medium shot of poster announcing the exhibition
3. Interior wide shot of entrance to exhibition
4. Wide pan of exhibition
5. Medium shot of people talking in front of a painting
6. Medium pan...
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Rome's wax museum shows off wax statue of President Obama
1. Wide of Piazza Venezia in central Rome
2. Wide of people in street
3. Medium of Wax Museum entrance
4. Mid of museum poster with US President Barack Obama
5. Wide of wax statue of Obama speaking at UN
6. Close up of face
7. Close up...
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US: Vermeer: Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer exhibition
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Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch painter famous for his quiet domestic scenes, careful composition and exquisite sense of light and shadow, produced only 34 paintings in his lifetime.
Each sold for the equivalent of a middle...
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Fashion in Colours exhibition opens in New York
AP Entertainment
New York 12 December 2005
1. Wide museum
2. Close-up Fashion in Colours sign
3. Wide blue room
4. Medium blue dresses
5. Close-up Junya Watanabe dress tilt up
6. Close-up Junya Watanabe dress tilt up
7. Medium blue...
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Colourful exhibit of frogs at Nat History Museum
1. Wide shot entrance to Frog exhibit at American Museum of Natural History, pan to display case with frogs
2. Close up various "Dart Poison Frogs" in display case
3. Close up "Dart Poison Frog"
4. Close up Golden mantella frog
5. Wide...
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USA: NEW YORK: CONTROVERSIAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
Brooklyn, New York, USA - 30 September 1999 XFA
1. Exterior of Brooklyn Museum of Art
2. Warning sign
3. Medium shot, Damien Hirst, "A thousand years"
4. Close-up, Jake and Dinos Chapman, "Great Deeds Against the Dead"
5. Wide shot,...
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The Abandoned Subway Stations That Could Soon Become Bars
Oct. 24 -- Underneath the streets of London, up to 26 tube stations sit dormant, some not see by the public since World War II. One organization is working to lease these so-called ghost stations -- planning to transform them into...
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GERMANY: BERLIN/MOSCOW ART EXHIBITION OPENS
Berlin, Germany, 1 September, 1995
1. Exhibition sign in front of Museum, zoom out museum.
2. Posters in foyer
3. Wide shot Presser
4. SOUNDBITE: (German) Professor Joern Merkert - Director Berlin Museums
5. Catalogue exhibition
6....
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USA: COLOMBIAN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE ON DISPLAY IN WASHINGTON
Spanish/Nat
There's been a meeting of the two America's, north and south, as an exhibition of contemporary Colombian sculptures goes on show in Washington.
A 50-ton crane moved slowly up Washington D-C's Constitution Avenue on Saturday,...
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Kosovan archaeologists struggle to make most of country's riches
Halilaq, Southern Kosovo - recent
1. Wide shot pan across site believed to be an ancient town
2. Various of archaeologists working
3. Close up of archaeologist's face as he uses brush
4. Mid shot of two men with a clip board
5. Close up...
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Art inspired by classic Chanel handbags
music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music
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1. Various of archive footage and stills of Coco Chanel
New York May 2, 2005
2. Various of Chanel outfits
3. Mid of Chanel handbags...
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Exciting finds unearthed at home of 2014 Winter Olympics
AP Television
Sochi, Russia - 29 September 2010
1. Close of stones being swept by archaeologist
2. Close of stone with turquoise polished surface
3. Wide of Yekaterina Armarchuk, senior research scientist at the Institute of...