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week's edition include:
** Time runs out for Germany's master forgers
They look more like old hippies stuck in a San Francisco time warp than the
couple who conned the international art world out of an estimated ?30m
(£26m)
** From bucket brigades to a pumper called 'Roosevelt'
As early as 1853, Salt Lake City depended on volunteer bucket brigades,
dedicated individuals from local wards, private homes and commercial
businesses, to put out fires, save lives and protect property
** Prehistoric whales exposed in Chilean fossil bed
Scientists from Chile and the Smithsonian Institution have been working to
protect a huge collection of whale fossils found in the Atacama desert
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** The terrifying task of restoring a da Vinci
It was a very intense picture and I felt a whole slipstream of artistry and
genius and some sort of otherworldliness that I'll never experience again
** France's new WW1 museum snubs Britain's role in the war
Over in Belgium, the buglers of the Ypres fire brigade still salute Britain's
fallen every night of the year, whatever the weather, at that most stirring
of memorials, the Menin Gate
** Taiwan museum says fake copies of treasured Buddhist scripture sold to
buyers in China
The National Palace Museum in Taiwan says two employees made and sold
unauthorized copies of a 220-year-old Buddhist scripture written in the
Tibetan language, one of the museum's most treasured pieces
** Hidden Heroes - The Genius of Everyday Things
From the ring binder and the rubber band to adhesive tape and the egg box,
the Science Museum's major new show is a back-to-basics homage to the
inventions we couldn't live without
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** Pushkin accused of displaying a fake
Concerns are growing that a Modigliani painting on show in the "Paris
School: 1905-32" exhibition (until 20 November) at the State Pushkin Museum
of Fine Arts in Moscow is a fake
** The 10 Best British Hands-on Museums
The national children's museum has scores of interactive exhibitions,
including the Sound Garden and a plant kids can crawl through
** Munch plans in disarray amid political row
The plans for a new high-rise building on Oslo's waterfront to house the
Munch Museum have been thrown into disarray after the city parliament
rejected plans for the project at the end of September
** Electric-blue lobster found in fish market
A striking electric-blue lobster has been found in the UK and given a new
home at the London Aquarium, after a short stay at the Natural History
Museum
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** Underneath Mexico City's bustle lie Aztec wonders
In the middle of Mexico City's historical downtown, where the modern bustle
leaves most visitors in a daze, archaeologists have unearthed something
altogether more serene: a potential clue in their quest to find the long
sought-after tombs of Aztec emperors
** Saudi artist targeted over Jerusalem show
Saudi artists are free to show where they like, yet they may have to contend
with indirect pressure from colleagues, family, members of the government,
local clerics, prominent sheikhs or, in this case, members of the public via
an online petition
** NYC's oldest museum reopens after $65M renovation
New York City's oldest museum has shed its vault-like exterior for a
luminous façade that invites the public to peer in, explore its vast
treasures and experience them like never before through loads of new and fun
interactive features
** Another unholy controversy at Brooklyn museum
An avant-garde video of ants skittering over the crucified Jesus is enraging
Christians who say an upcoming Brooklyn Museum art exhibit is sacrilegious
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** Museum to take major hit
The Museum of Aviation, Middle Georgia's showplace and the product of almost
three decades of effort and volunteerism, will take significant hits as
Robins Air Force Base and the Air Force attempt to accommodate billions of
dollars in budget reductions over the next ten years
** This Week's Horoscopes
Aries - A shocking revelation will shake you to the core of your being this
week, which is odd, because it's merely the fact that the Doobie Brothers
aren't actual brothers
** Rare Chinese Papercuts Found in U. of Michigan Storage Room
Staffers who were tidying up a storage room found a stunning collection of
rare propaganda papercut images from the Cultural Revolution - a period of
massive political upheaval in China that began in 1966 and lasted about a
decade.
** Ancient Whale Taken Down by Shark, Tooth Marks Reveal
The sharp eyes of an Italian stonecutter were the first to spy a new ancient
species of whale 40 million years after it was first encased in stone
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** 78s, Photos, Even Sweat From Brow of a Legend
The Armstrong museum and archive in Queens has received a treasure-trove of
rare 78-r.p.m. records, bootleg tapes, five personal letters, candid
photographs, European posters, news clippings, discographies, even
weight-loss tips - 192 cubic feet in all - from the estate of a Swedish man
known as the world's second-largest private collector of Satchmoiana
** Row as France holds on to 'stolen' art
The French Government has barred the removal from France of Christ Portant
la Croix (Christ Carrying the Cross), a painting by 17th-century
Franco-German artist Nicolas Tournier, which turned up in Florence in 2009
after being missing for almost two centuries
** Egyptian 'Ice Age' art confirmed
An interdisciplinary team of Belgian scientists cooperating with Yale
University (New Haven, USA) has discovered the oldest petroglyphs in Egypt
and for that matter the earliest rock art known so far in the whole of North
Africa.
** Copying, Replicating & Emulating Paintings in the 15th-18th Century
Final Call for Papers and Posters - This is a Call for Papers for the
two-day technical art history conference held at the National Gallery of
Denmark on 21-22 May 2012.
** Museum Director named "Arab American Businesswoman of the Year"
Dr. Anan Ameri, the founding director of the Arab American National Museum
(AANM) in Dearborn, has been honored with the Arab American Businesswoman of
the Year Award from the Arab American Women's Business Council (AAWBC) at a
Dearborn breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 10.
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