Udaipur-based Italian uses India as muse
September 19th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Italian artist Simona Bocchi found her inspiration in India when she first travelled here in 2006."Delhi was my first stop. My visit was short but ... Read more...
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Nude David statue censored on Chinese TV
July 10th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) A Chinese television news programme censored footage showing the statue of David, made by Italian artist Michelangelo, by covering the statue's genitals with a digital mosaic.The ... Read more...
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Florence paint matches that used for Mona Lisa
March 13th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Art detectives in search of a missing Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece in the Italian city of Florence have found traces of the paint which matches the ... Read more...
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Artisans across globe create Obama-Osama souvenirs
May 4th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Artists in Italy and China have created figurines showing US President Barack Obama's 'victory' over international terrorist Osama bin Laden.Genny Di Virgilio, an Italian artist, has ... Read more...
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Michelangelo De Caravaggio’s crimes revealed in Rome’s police files
February 19th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Late Italian artist Michelangelo De Caravaggio's police record has been revealed, and they show the tumultuous life he led from the end of the 16th and the beginning ... Read more...
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Geek goddess: Mona Lisa with moustache, gun and dog
February 1st, 2011 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Mona Lisa, the 16th century muse of Italian artist Leonardo Di ser Piero da Vinci, is fodder for neo-contemporary geek art even 500 years after ... Read more...
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Nude bust of Stephanie Seymour to go under the hammer
October 15th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 15 (ANI): A nude bust of Stephanie Seymour, which was produced in edition of three, is about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.The sculpture, by smart-ass Italian ... Read more...
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Botticelli’s recreated Venus raises breast cancer awareness
October 15th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 15 (ANI): Renowned Italian artist Boticelli's painting 'Birth of Venus' has been recreated in the form of a collage of images in an effort to raise breast cancer awareness.The picture ... Read more...
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Italian masterpiece damaged by sprinklers
August 31st, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) A 16th century painting by Italian artist Titian was damaged after water sprinklers were used to put out a fire that broke out near a church in Venice.
The ... Read more...
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Scientists crack some secrets of Mona Lisa
July 18th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, July 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Researchers say they have discovered some new secrets of the famous Mona Lisa paintings. The scientists say they studied seven of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings in ... Read more...
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Giotto Frescoes & Ultraviolet Light: Shining Glory Revealed
March 9th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 9 (THIAINDIAN NEWS) The Frescoes, which are the paintings of Italian artist, Giotto di Bondone, decorate the walls of the Peruzzi Chapel in the Santa Croce Church in Florence. These ... Read more...
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Leonardo Da Vinci’s grave to be dug up?
February 2nd, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci's body could be exhumed in France if Italian scholars get their way.
Scientists hope their controversial plans to dig up the artist, who died ... Read more...
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Picasso’s ‘Little Guitar’ recovered from Italian businessman’s shoebox
December 30th, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 30 (ANI): Spanish painter/sculptor Picasso's 'Little Guitar', a sculpture he had made for his daughter Paloma, has been recovered by the police from a shoebox in the home of an ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga to stage contemporary art performance
October 13th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Lady Gaga is all set to join hands with the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet company and an Italian artist for a contemporary art performance.The stage performance, which is conceived ... Read more...
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Images of domestic violence through cross-cultural art (With Images)
October 11th, 2009 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Daddy tastes like tangy soup - if you have the gall to kill him and gouge out his lungs. The daddy broth by Estonian artist ... Read more...
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UK film industry facing most hostile environment in years, say insiders
August 25th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 25 (ANI): The stupendous success of Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' is unlikely to be repeated, say insiders.The ongoing credit crisis has hit independent film companies quite hard, as 59 ... Read more...
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Italian artist builds book-shaped house
February 17th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): An Italian artist has built a house that is made entirely in the shape of books.Livio De Marchi designed his home to look like a novel, and ... Read more...
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Italian artist uses chewed bubblegums to create life-size sculptures!
January 16th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16 (ANI): Italian artist Maurizio Savini has created a series of life-size sculptures including a buffalo and a bear using chewed bubble gums.Savini, based in Rome, created sculptures using ... Read more...
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I have dry throat before next Feluda release: Sandip Ray
December 11th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) His third film on Feluda, a fictional private detective created by his father Satyajit Ray, titled "Tintorettor Jishu" is set to release Friday and director Sandip Ray says ... Read more...
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Troupe sex for Kanye Wests new album launch party
October 17th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 17 (ANI): Kanye West caused a stir at the launch party of his eagerly anticipated album 808s and Heartbreak by inviting 40 naked women to attend.The rapper unveiled the ... Read more...
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Princess Margarets portrait goes on display in London
September 19th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 19 (ANI): A painting of Princess Margaret that hung on the wall of her Kensington Palace apartment is going on display at London''s National Portrait Gallery.The 1957 painting ... Read more...
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