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Body Worlds comes to Rome
Rome, September 13, 2011
1. Medium shot human skull with full plastinated bodies in the background
2. Tilt up two plastinated human specimens in movement (piece of work entitled "Pair of runners")
3. Close up face of plastinated human...
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PERU: ARCHAEOLOGIST SALVAGES ARTIFACTS FROM SIPAN CIVILISATION
Spanish/Nat
A Peruvian archaeologist has salvaged artifacts belonging to one of Latin America's most sophisticated and unknown pre-Columbian civilisations.
Artifacts from the Sipan culture were looted from the northern town of Lambayeque...
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Iranian and Western culture come together for arts festival
AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately shut...
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GERMANY: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL ANNIVERSARY: WALL ART
German/Eng/Nat
To mark the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, international artists are painting a mural on original pieces of the wall.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, international artists began...
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Exhibition of Degas artwork previews in Paris
A major exhibit by Edgar Degas opens to the pubic this week at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris.
"Degas and the Nude" charts the evolution of Degas' practice of rendering of the nude female form.
This is the first monographic exhibit in Paris...
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Two New York City performance artists have turned themselves into human hamsters for 10 days to illustrate people's interdependence. Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder coordinate their every movement while living on a giant wooden hamster wheel. (March 5)
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(SOT: Alex Schweder, performance artist):
"We're living on a wheel that is essentially a two bedroom apartment. One apartment, one of the two bedrooms, is on the outside and the second one...
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Youth culture buzz for millions of young Kenyans
AP Television
Nairobi, Kenya - June 3, 2011
1. Shujaaz FM logo and animation
2. Various of artists drawing cartoon characters
3. Various of animated cartoon
4. Various of artists drawing cartoon characters
5. Various of animated Charlie...
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The surrealist art work of Dali, Man Ray and Miro
A new exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris tells the story of how the Surrealists managed to create art through everyday objects.
The show highlights works such as Man Ray's ' Indestructible Object' and Salvador Dali's ' Lobster...
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Statue of Liberty fully reopens to tourists
1. Wide of Statue of Liberty Ferry, pan to Statue of Liberty
2. Close-up Statue of Liberty's face
3. Close-up Statue of Liberty's tablet
4. Wide of Statue of Liberty, zoom in to Special Police officers (Hercules team)
5. Wide of Black...
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Edvard Munch''''s masterpiece sells for a record $119,922,500 at auction
1. Mid of the Edvard Munch painting "The Scream" appearing on a revolving podium ready for its sale at auction
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tobias Meyer, Sotheby''''s Auctioneer:
"I start the bidding here at 40 (m) million dollars, 41, 42,...
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Photography gives hope to youth in Buenos Aires slum
1. Various of photography students taking photographs in their neighbourhood
2. Martin Rosenthal, course organiser speaking to students
3. Close up of photograph
4. Martin Rosenthal speaking
5. Close up of photos taken by student...
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An American artist has created a life-sized replica of Prince William in wax, complete with an engagement ring that visitors to her London exhibit can put their finger through, pretending to be his fiance Kate Middleton.
HEADLINE: First Person: Prince William in Wax
CAPTION: An American artist has created a life-sized replica of Prince William in wax, complete with an engagement ring that visitors can put their finger through, pretending to be his...
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USA: HOLOCAUST CONFERENCE DISCUSS ART CONFISCATED BY NAZIS
English/Nat
Representatives at a Holocaust conference in Washington have agreed on guidelines on how to deal with artwork confiscated by the Nazis during World War Two Germany.
Under the plan, paintings the Nazis confiscated from Jews...
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Their interests may not always align with fans, but actors who visit the massive pop culture expo Comic-Con to promote Hollywood's latest offerings also geek out over their own passions. (Aug. 5)
Their interests may not always align with fans, but actors who visit the massive pop culture expo Comic-Con to promote Hollywood's latest offerings also geek out over their own passions.
Hannah Ware stars opposite Zachary Quinto in the...
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Major Iranian newspaper launches Holocaust cartoon competition
1. Exterior of Hamshahri newspaper building
2. Hamshahri plaque on front of building
3. Wide of Hamshahri newsroom
4. Editor working on computer
5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Farid Mortazawi, Hamshahri newspaper's Graphic Editor:
''Our...
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International body art festival begins
1. Wide of people walking through exhibition
2. Close-up of sign (Spanish) "IV World Body Art Encounter"
3. Various of artists painting people's bodies
4. Zoom out to reveal face being painted on the body of a model
5. Mid of models...
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Scientists claim DNA tests show remains likely to be artist's
FILE: Porto Ercole - 26 March 2010
1. Close-up of drawing of Michelangelo Merisi, the painter universally known as Caravaggio
2. Close up old document, which says (Italian) "Michelangelo Merisi is dead of illness on 18 July 1609 in the...
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South Africa's version of 'Burning Man' festival brings crowds to desert
Tankwa, Cape Province - October 18-19, 2008
1. Close up desert flowers
2. Stonehenge Nature Reserve and Afrika Burn sign
3. Wide tents
4. Mid orange art piece tent
5. Mid woman with umbrella walking
6. Wide Afrika Burn sculpture
7. ...
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SPAIN: MADRID: US ARTIST PUTS ON MUSICAL SHOW USING ROBOTS
Eng/Spanish/Nat
Madrid's art scene has been taken over by robots.
American artist Chico MacMurtrie has put on a show at the city's Fine Art Institute which stretches the boundaries between art and mechanics.
It looks like the special...
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Degas at the Ballet blockbuster opens in London
AP Television
London, UK - September 13, 2011
1. Various of pastels and paintings of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill DeVonyar, co-curator, Degas and the Ballet:
"Actually there is a very tough side to Degas,...
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Preview to sale of abstract and impressionist works
1. Wide Exterior of Christie''s in New York
2. Close Up sign reading, "Christie''s"
3. Wide pan across gallery
4. Zoom into "Sail Cloth" by Willem de Koooning (1949) estimated value $8-12million
3. Wide Shot of "The Crow Dancer" by...
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Musician Pharrell Williams curates exhibition in Paris entitled 'Girl'
Musician Pharrell Williams premiered his "Girl" exhibition in Paris Monday, May 26.
Showcasing over 40 works by mostly female artists including Marina Abramovic, Sophie Calle, Cindy Sherman and Tracey Emin, the exhibition will open at...
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New 55 million dollar extension to Tel Aviv Museum
AP Television News
Tel Aviv, Israel - October 31, 2011
1. Pan left of exterior of the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum
2. Close of engraved sign on exterior wall reading (English): "Tel Aviv Museum of Art"
3. Mid of interior of gallery in...
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Discovery of copy of the Mona Lisa by 'DaVinci Pupil'
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.
The stunning find of what...