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Rembrandt Self-portrait Confirmed in British Home
A high value read, brought to you today for your enjoyment, check out the related video.A painting hanging in a British stately home has been confirmed as a self-portrait by Rembrandt worth tens of millions of dollars, the National Trust heritage body announced on Friday.The picture, which has been at Buckland Abbey in Devon,…
Can you spot the fake objects among the real ones?
Check this article I’ve found. Take time to read it.Several nondescript objects sit on a desk. Couldn’t be simpler, right? Well, as the below video — the latest opus by Youtube illusion extraordinaire Brusspup — demonstrates, looks can be deceiving:The technique is called anamorphosis and dates back at least as far as…
Scotland’s first settlers’ home unearthed in Edinburgh
Check out this new interesting article.An ancient dwelling has been unearthed during construction works in Edinburgh. According to archeologists, it’s the remains of one of Scotland’s earliest homes.The dwelling was reportedly uncovered during an archaeological excavation at Echline, in preparation for the building of the Forth…
Come as you are: Kurt Cobain doco to be created
Check out this new interesting article.A new documentary on the creator of “Lithium”, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who killed himself in 1994 aged 27, is in the pipeline, expected to be released in 2014.It’s the brainchild of the creator of HBO documentary on the Rolling Stones, “Crossfire Hurricane”, Brett Morgan whose new…
Not so tweet: Gaza Twitter turnaround sees death threats for Kim Kardashian
Check out this new interesting article.US socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian has suffered for taking the “wrong” side in the Middle East conflict during the recent upsurge of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians.Earlier this week, the 32-year-old bombshell tweeted to her followers, estimated at over 16 million, that…
Long way to art: Vatican to get its first pavilion at Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 69th Venice film festival on August 29, 2012 at Venice Lido (AFP Photo / Tiziana Fabi)For the first time the Vatican will have its own pavilion at the Venice Biennale art exhibition next year.The idea was first put forward three…
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis donates his father’s poetry archive to Oxford University
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company/AFP)Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis has donated papers belonging to his father, Anglo-Irish poet and novelist Cecil Day-Lewis, to Oxford University. Rare letters from actor John Gielgud and poet W.H. Auden are among them.The 55-year-old star of…
Good faith: Actor brings newborn baby to party at the Playboy Mansion
Actor Kelsey Grammer (Reuters//Phil McCarten)Eyebrows were raised when American comedy star Kelsey Grammer brought his newborn daughter Faith to a Halloween party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.57-year-old Grammer is known for his roles on Cheers and Frasier was caught partying into the early morning hours, TMZ…
Film star Bounty sinks in Hurricane Sandy; one crew member dead, captain missing
The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is shown submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina in this U.S. Coast Guard handout picture taken October 29, 2012. (Reuters/Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski)The star of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie –…
Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: NEA Announces Plan To Measure Economic Contribution Of Art
Nobody puts the Arts sector in a corner. That’s pretty much what the National Endowment of Arts said when they announced their partnership with the Bureau of Economic Analysis this week. According to a statement released by the NEA, the two agencies are teaming up to initiate the first-ever effort to measure the…
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