Man plunges to his death from London’s Tate modern gallery
July 25th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man has plunged to his death from the Members Rooms of the Tate Modern Gallery. The accident happened on Tuesday evening at around 6 pm.The gallery ... Read more...
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Clumsy visitors posing threat to British art
October 30th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Some of Britain's greatest art collections, worth tens of millions of pounds, have been damaged due to careless visitors and over-inquisitive children a media report ... Read more...
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California’s Norton Simon Museum exhibiting Vishnu and other Hindu sculptures
April 23rd, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), April 23 (ANI): Prestigious Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena (California, USA) is currently exhibiting 11thcentury sandstone Vishnu in its "Ancient Sculpture from the Hindu-Buddhist World" exhibition, which will continue till ... Read more...
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Art Institute of Chicago has created “Be a Vishnu Avatar” lesson plan for students
February 17th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Feb 17 (ANI): Art Institute of Chicago (USA), one of the major art museums of the world, has developed a "lesson plan" for classroom activity in which students of 4-8 ... Read more...
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Hindus laud Peabody Essex Museum for organizing Hindu gods exhibition
February 13th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), FEb 13 (ANI): Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem (Massachusetts, USA) is currently organizing "Faces of Devotion" exhibition showing "nearly 40 dramatic sculptures of Hindu gods, goddesses, animal spirits and ... 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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Tyeb Mehta’s last work open to viewers
January 12th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The last work of Indian contemporary master artist Tyeb Mehta that he painted just before his death in 2009 has been thrown open for viewing in a ... Read more...
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New York’s famed Rubin Museum to exhibit photos of India-Nepal sadhus
January 9th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Jan 9 (ANI): Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) will be exhibiting photographs of sadhus of India and Nepal from January 28 to May 30.Curated by ... Read more...
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India Art Summit 2011 to draw best of global art
January 4th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The capital will become a giant canvas for the international art fraternity to paint its hues, views and transact business Jan 21-23 when the country ... Read more...
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‘Temple’ inside San Diego Museum
December 18th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 18 (ANI): San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) in California (USA) has established a "Temple" within its premises, complete with statues of various Hindu deities.It "marks the culmination of ... Read more...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art displaying Radha-Krishna in its miniatures exhibition
December 13th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 13 (ANI): Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) in USA is currently displaying "Monumental Miniatures: Large-scale Paintings from India" exhibition, which includes extraordinary depiction of Lord Krishna and Radha.This exhibition, ... Read more...
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Hindus laud British Museum for extensive Hindu collection
December 5th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 5 (ANI): Hindus have applauded British Museum (BM) in London for its sizeable collection of Hindu art and artifacts.Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada ... Read more...
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National Museum of Korea displaying Hindu god masks
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 23 (ANI): Prestigious National Museum of Korea (NMK) in Seoul is displaying masks of Hindu gods in an exhibition which will continue till September 11 next year.Titled "Hindu God ... Read more...
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Canadian art gallery displaying Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s throne
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Nov 22 (ANI): Prestigious Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto is displaying Maharaja Ranjit Singh's famed throne as a part of its exhibition "Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal ... Read more...
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei under house arrest
November 6th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 6 (IANS) Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei said Saturday he has been put under house arrest, a day before he was to hold a party at his Shanghai studio ... Read more...
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Leading New Zealand museum holds exhibition on ‘bindi’
October 26th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Oct 26: Pataka, a leading museum of New Zealand, is currently holding "Bindi - The Indian Dot" exhibition, which will continue till November 14.Museum announcement says: "The bindi is ... Read more...
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Art Institute of Chicago has developed “Classroom Lesson Plan” on Hindu deity Ganesha
September 24th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sep 24 (ANI): Art Institute of Chicago (USA), one of the major art museums of the world, has developed a Classroom Lesson Plan for kindergarten to 12th grades about Hindu ... Read more...
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New York’s famed Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibiting “Scenes from Ramayana”
September 20th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sep 20 (ANI): Prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) of New York (USA) is currently holding exhibition on "Scenes from Ramayana", which will continue till October three.It contains few dozen ... Read more...
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Tony Blair calls off book bash over protest threat
September 9th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 9 (ANI): Former British PM Tony Blair had cancelled another event to launch his book, A Journey, at London's Tate Modern over threats from protesters.Guests invited to the party were ... Read more...
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On Gandhi’s birthday, Museum in New York will transform into ‘peace lab’
September 8th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sept 8 (ANI): Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) will transform into a "peace lab" on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday falling on October two to commemorate International ... Read more...
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New York’s famed Rubin Museum celebrating Lord Ganesh in September
September 6th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sep 6 (ANI): Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is celebrating Lord Ganesh during September in view of Ganesh-Chaturthi falling this month.It has invited families to ... Read more...
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Pennsylvania’s Allentown Museum exhibiting Vishnu & other Hindu sculptures
August 10th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Aug 10 (ANI): Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania (USA) is currently exhibiting various Hindu sculptures under its Indian Art exhibition, which will continue till September five.It includes over two dozen ... Read more...
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Jane Lynch is enjoying her honeymoon with wife Lara Embry
June 9th, 2010 - 1:32 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Newlywed Jane Lynch is currently enjoying her honeymoon with wife Lara Embry in Europe. The Glee actress who is very open and upfront about her lesbian status, says that she knew that ... Read more...
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Jane Lynch of ‘Glee’ Honeymoons in Europe
June 9th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jane Lynch, who plays 'Sue Sylvester' on the hit show on Fox television, 'Glee', was recently married, to a woman, Doctor Lara Embry, on May 28, and the two are now honeymooning ... Read more...
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Hindus laud New York Metropolitan Museum of Art for Ramayana exhibition
March 1st, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Mar 1 (ANI): Globally renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) of New York is organizing "Scenes from the Ramayana" exhibition from March 31 to September 27.It will include selection of ... Read more...
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Lord’s could be renamed in new MCC 400m pound redevelopment plan
November 18th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.18 (ANI): The naming rights to the home of cricket - Lords -- could be sold to help pay for a 400 million pound redevelopment of the ground.The 195-year-old ... Read more...
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Bikini-clad Brooke Shields replaces nude childhood pic in British gallery
October 14th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 14(ANI): Brooke Shields' nude photo as a child in a U.K. gallery has been replaced by one sporting a bikini over fears that it would have breached Britain's Obscene Publications ... Read more...
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Brooke Shields nude photo removed from Tate Modern
October 1st, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An ages old nude photograph of Brooke Shields in which she is just 10 years old was due to go on display at the Tate Modern ... Read more...
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Brooke Shields Decades Old Photograph Removed From Exhibition
October 1st, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by GD
By Gina gomez
Oct 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The photograph depicting a seemingly innocent looking 10 year old Brooke Shields, has got drawn into a controversy once again with the authorities as well as ... Read more...
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Britons in undies crowd shop for free outfit offer
October 1st, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): A large number of Britons turned up at clothes chain Joy, wearing only their underwear, to take advantage of the shop's free outfit offer.Joy, which has 21 branches ... Read more...
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10-year-old Brooke Shields’ nude pic removed from exhibition
October 1st, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): The provocative nude photograph of 10-year-old Brooke Shields has been removed from the Tate exhibition, following a visit by the police.The picture by New York artist Richard Prince ... Read more...
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10-year-old Brooke Shields’ nude photo raises stink
September 30th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 30 (ANI): A provocative nude photograph of 10-year-old Brooke Shields on display at Tate Modern exhibition has attracted fury of child campaigners.The photograph by Richard Prince, a New York artist ... Read more...
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IPhone is Britain’s coolest brand
September 28th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 28 (ANI): Apple iPhone has been declared as the coolest gadget in Britain.The iPhone, which ranked second in the last year's list, has been a phenomenon, with more than five ... Read more...
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Leonardo DiCaprio signs petition to help protect feathered birds
July 31st, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has found a new hobby, which involves watching birds of the feathered kind.DiCaprio, 34, spent more than an hour watching peregrine falcons at London's ... Read more...
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New York Times’ Carlos Slim romancing Queen Noor of Jordan?
July 9th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jul 9 (ANI): Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is rumoured to be romancing Queen Noor of Jordan.The claim made by culture blog transracial.net, says Slim, 69, "has been involved in ... Read more...
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