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week's edition include:
** A Flag Of Freedom?
Though there are many anonymous, unremarkable portraits in homes,
libraries, and museums, this photograph emerges during a tumultuous time in
American history, and black women were not often depicted in this formal
way
** Towering Ambition
An artist named Adam Reed Tucker used nearly half a million lego blocks to
create 15 of the world's most iconic landmarks
** Artefacts stolen from Dhaka museum, replaced with fakes
The authorities are not sure about how many objects were stolen from their
store over the years as they have not maintained a proper inventory since
1982
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** Museum Reopens After Tornado Causes Damage
A Bridgeport museum reopened after a tornado caused extensive damage last
week, and there’s nothing like a party to celebrate the world’s greatest
show
** Sex and drugs and priceless art
In his brief life he played to perfection the role of the artist as manic
visionary, deranged addict and skirt-chasing degenerate
** Regional frame is Singapore's aim
Those driving the gallery have grand ambitions: they hope the new art
space, which will provide a permanent home for the national collection of
almost 8000 works, will become one of the most important visual arts
institutions in Asia - it will certainly be one of the largest - and build
a broader appreciation of Southeast Asian art across the art world
** Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum
The Queen hailed the special contribution to Canada's culture made by the
country's native peoples, attending a performance of indigenous dance and
visiting the site of a future museum for human rights
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** Mary Rose to be taken to space
A ball-bearing used on the masts of Henry VIII's Mary Rose 500 years ago
will orbit space on NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle after a crew of Houston
astronauts borrowed it from the ship's naval base for use on a future
mission
** Exhibit reveals intrigue behind painter Hopper's US realism
Sometimes branded an American realist, Hopper's artistry with light, colour
and contrast coincided with the birth and development of the film industry
in the early to mid 20th century as it moved from black and white silents
to Technicolor
** David Livingstone letter deciphered at last
Livingstone was a national hero when he set off to find the source of the
River Nile in 1866, but by the time he composed his four-page missive he
was at the lowest point in his professional life
** Mystery Marden Henge set to rival Stonehenge
The press have seized on the excavation because of the size of the site,
which dwarfs Stonehenge, although the investigators say it is probably more
comparable with Silbury Hill, the nearby mound which once towered over a
Roman village
** Met Museum draws 5 million visitors amid recession
More than 5 million people visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the
past year despite the global economic downturn, giving the New York art
institution its highest annual attendance since 2001
** The Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers available to the right buyer
Rolf still has an affinity for the pepper mills - the couple has about
1,500 of them, but, it's the myriad salt and pepper shakers that are the
stars of the show
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** 'Age of Mammals' at the Natural History Museum
How do you squeeze 65 million years of mammalian history into an
eye-popping, mind-bending, crowd-pleasing exhibition?
** Archaeologists: Egyptian Pyramids Actually Early Attempt At Camping
It appears that around 400 BC, the pharaohs of Egypt began packing up all
of their earthly possessions for some recreational camping on the banks of
the Nile
** Charles Saatchi gives art works to UK government
He has announced he will donate his London gallery and 200 works in its
collection to the nation as a new public art museum
** Kylie Minogue Donates Stage Costumes; 'Gets Real Good Treatment'
Kylie Minogue, the 42-year-old singer donated several of her stage costumes
to Melbourne's Performing Arts Museum in Australia and is amazed at how
well the garments are cared for
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** Did Mammoth Extinction Warm Earth?
Their diet included large amounts of leaves and branches from young trees,
and they kept the temperate northern lands of North America, Europe, and
Asia well trimmed and mostly free of forests
** Giant predatory whale named for 'Moby Dick' author
Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks
of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago — and they've named
it after the author of "Moby Dick."
** Fake museum beggar makes real money
A statue of a beggar with a pleading expression and begging bowl has become
the star of the newly-opened Lanyang Museum, prompting compassionate
visitors to hand out coins to him
** 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference
The 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC) will
be held at Indiana University’s Indiana Memorial Union from October 21 –
24, 2010.
** Reimagining the Archive: Remapping and Remixing Traditional Models in
the Digital Era
Call for Participation - A Three-Day Symposium
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