Louvre 'courting disaster' over plans to send works to Fukushima
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...While describing the museum's intention "laudable", he said it was not "the Louvre's role to come to the aid, via exhibitions, of populations that are victims of cataclysms." "(If so), why not do it in all countries hit by earthquakes, forest fires, volcanic eruptions or even wars? ... Why doesn't the Louvre just send the works onto Bagdad?," he complained. France's nuclear safety and protection institute, IRSN, had advised French citizens only to visit the areas for essential reasons and to "regularly pass the vacuum cleaner over the surface of furniture and carpets" in the fallout zone. "What about the...
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 01:46:02 AM
This is Just WRONG...
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WRONG WRONG WRONG! Lambanana by Taro Chiezo
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 01:46:02 AM
Nuns Lose $51 Million Lawsuit Over Painting
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William Adolfe Bouguereau, "Notre Dame des Anges." A long-standing lawsuit over the sale of a 19th-century painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau has been lost by New York State-based Catholic nuns who sued a Santa Fe, N.M., art dealer and a local art appraiser.In 2008, the nuns claimed that dealer Mark Zaplin and appraiser Mark LaSalle had colluded to defraud them of $1.7 million from the sale of their painting "Notre Dame des Anges," an 1889 work by Bouguereau depicting the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child.The Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior and St Joseph's Chapel, in Round Top,...
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 01:46:02 AM
Woman Scratches, Rubs Butt Over $30M Painting
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A Colorado woman dropped her pants at a museum and rubbed her rear end all over a painting valued at $30 million, according to police. Carmen Tisch, 36, was arrested after scratching, punching and, well, rubbing her butt against Clyfford Still's "1957-J no.2" and causing an estimated $10,000 damage to the artwork at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. Police believe she was drunk during the late December incident. "You have to wonder where her friends were," a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office told the Denver Post. Tisch was charged with felony criminal mischief on Wednesday and has been...
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 01:46:02 AM
Virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel
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Virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. Let it load then use your mouse to look around. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 01:46:02 AM
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