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• Britain's mythical King Arthur rides in France

  - 2008-06-27

  RENNES, France AFP — The legend of Britain's King Arthur will take hold of the city of Rennes next month for a series of events on the mythical hero once said to have roamed the wild, western French region of Brittany. A major exhibition on the Arthurian tales, which...

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• Major Cezanne expo to leave an impression in London

  - 2008-06-25

  LONDON AFP — Britain's biggest single collection of paintings by the French artist Paul Cezanne is to go on display in its entirety for the first time from Thursday at London's Courtauld Gallery. "The Courtauld Cezannes" runs until October 5, allowing visitors to see many works that are not...

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• 'From Russia' art claimants want compensation from Russia

  - 2008-01-22

  LONDON AFP — Descendants of two pre-Russian Revolution art collectors are seeking compensation from Moscow for confiscated masterpieces going on display in a controversial London exhibition, they told AFP Tuesday. Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morosov had works by Matisse, Monet and Picasso confiscated under nationalisation orders issued by Vladimir...

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• Anti-war protest replica wins Turner Prize

  - 2007-12-03

  LONDON AFP — An exact replica of a 40-metre (130-foot) long one-man anti-war protest outside Britain's parliament won this year's Turner Prize on Monday. Mark Wallinger's painstaking recreation, "State Britain", which is now featured inside the Tate Britain gallery in Liverpool, was praised by the award panel for its...

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• Disputed British art prize winners back on show

  - 2007-10-01

  LONDON AFP — Highlights from over 20 years of Britain's often-controversial Turner Prize art show go on display from Tuesday, in a retrospective exhibition which is once again fueling fierce debate. A pickled cow by ex Britart badboy Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili's elephant dung canvas are among the...

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• London revisits punk rock art

  - 2007-06-04

  LONDON AFP — London is hosting an exhibition about the art inspired by the irreverent punk rock movement that gripped and shocked both sides of the Atlantic three decades ago. Opening Tuesday at the Barbican Art Gallery, the three-month retrospective entitled "Panic Attack! Art in the Punk years" traces...

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• Britain's Buckingham Palace shows off Italian art

  - 2007-03-30

  LONDON AFP — Buckingham Palace opened the doors Friday to a rare exhibition of Italian art in the Royal Collection, including two paintings discovered to be lost works by Italian master Caravaggio. "A Boy Peeling Fruit" and "The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew" went on display in Britain...

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• Prince Charles visits Kuwait military college, youth business

  - 2007-02-20

  KUWAIT CITY AFP — Britain's Prince Charles visited Kuwait's joint command and staff college, which is run jointly with British military experts, after meetings with the oil-rich Gulf state's leaders. On the second day of a four-day visit to the emirate as part of a Gulf tour, the heir...

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