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• London Hadrian exhibition shows another side to Roman emperor

  - 2008-07-24

  LONDON AFP — Roman emperor Hadrian may be best known for the wall in Britain which bears his name and his love of culture -- but a London exhibition which opened Thursday shows another, ruthless side to him. "Hadrian: Empire And Conflict", which runs at the British Museum until...

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• London gallery previews major Byzantine exhibition

  - 2008-07-04

  LONDON AFP — A major exhibition on the Byzantine Empire featuring icons, wall paintings and mosaics dating back to the fourth century AD was unveiled by a London gallery Friday. "Byzantium 330-1453" is going on show at the Royal Academy of Arts from October 25 to March 22 next...

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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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• Folk art: Bob Dylan paintings go on show in London

  - 2008-06-09

  LONDON AFP — An exhibition of Bob Dylan's paintings went on show in London on Monday, revealing the artistic talents of the legendary singer long revered for his musical and poetic output. The Drawn Blank Series, unveiled at one of London's most prestigious galleries, comprises some 300 colourful canvases...

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• Exhibition based on Renoir's 'La Loge' to open in London

  - 2008-02-20

  LONDON AFP — A London museum that owns "La Loge", impressionist painter Pierre-August Renoir's masterpiece, will open an exhibition Thursday centred around the painting. The Courtauld Gallery, based in central London's Somerset House, will play host to "Renoir at the Theatre: Looking at 'La Loge'" until May 25, combining...

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• Vanity Fair photos featured at London's National Portrait Gallery

  - 2008-02-13

  LONDON AFP — Charlie Chaplin will rub shoulders with princess Diana, Madonna and Americans presidents past and present at an exhibition of 150 photographs published by legendary magazine Vanity Fair that opens Thursday in London. "Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008" will be open to the public until May 26...

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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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• Tutankhamun show unveiled in London

  - 2007-11-13

  LONDON AFP — Curators lifted the lid Tuesday on a long-awaited London exhibition of treasures from the tomb of teenage Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, more than 30 years after he first cast his spell here. Some 130 items are on show in "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs",...

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• Major Pop Art exhibition opens in London

  - 2007-10-11

  LONDON AFP — A major new exhibition opened at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Thursday, bringing together 52 key works from one of the world's most popular and influential art movements -- Pop Art. "Pop Art Portraits" contains works from 28 artists from Britain and the United...

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• Model and photographer is the surreal thing in London show

  - 2007-09-15

  LONDON AFP — From surrealist muse to unflinching chronicler of the Second World War, a new London exhibition charts the "jigsaw puzzle" career of United States model and photographer Lee Miller. "The Art Of Lee Miller", at the Victoria And Albert Museum until January 6 2008, features images of...

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