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Swiss museum shows controversial Nazi-era art collection
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» ZURICH - A top Swiss museum has run into trouble showing an art collection acquired in questionable circumstances during World War II, with some saying its attempt to put it "in context" does not focus enough on the fate of the art's former Jewish owners.
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Dissident author warns Russians in Europe to be on guard
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» FRANKFURT - Russian author Sergei Lebedev's novel "Untraceable", about an undetectable toxin used to target Kremlin critics, was released a few years ago but has taken on added resonance as alleged poisonings have multiplied.
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Controversial or safe pick for Nobel literature prize?
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday could go to an overtly political author like a Kremlin critic, or crown a safer or lesser-known writer, experts say.
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Austria celebrates last surviving shock ‘actionist’ artist
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» VIENNA - Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.
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Colombian artist Fernando Botero dies at 91
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» BOGOTA - Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who was known for his voluptuous depictions of people and animals, has died aged 91, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday.
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Mud-struck German heavy metal bash slashes attendance
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» WACKEN (GERMANY) - The world's biggest heavy metal music festival starting in northern Germany on Wednesday was forced to cap attendance after heavy rains turned its outdoor venue into a muddy quagmire.
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Movie boosts world's top Barbie collection
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» DUSSELDORF, Germany: With her whopping 18,000 Barbies, Bettina Dorfmann was already in the record books, but the release of the blockbuster movie about the blonde icon has thrown a spotlight on her historic collection.
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Singer Tony Bennett dies at 96
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» NEW YORK: Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died on Friday in New York. He was 96.
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US calls Roger Waters 'anti-Semitic' after Nazi costume furor
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The United States government on Tuesday joined the accusations of anti-Semitism lodged against Roger Waters after the rock legend wore a Nazi-style uniform at a Berlin concert in what he called a statement against fascism.
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Row in Germany over Benin bronzes
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» BERLIN: In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.
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