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Women-Only Exhibit In Australian Museum To Become Toilet To Keep Men Out
An Australian museum, fighting to keep its exhibition open only to women, is installing a toilet in the gallery to keep men out.
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Australian Artist Is Charging Rs 4.9 Lakh For A McDonald's Pickle He "Flung Onto The Ceiling"
A bizarre artwork consisting of a single slice of pickle plucked from a Mcdonald's cheeseburger and flung onto the ceiling of a New Zealand art gallery has gone viral on the internet.
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"Close A Very Difficult Chapter Of History": Australia To Return "Stolen" Art To India
Australia will return 14 artworks to India, including at least six believed to have been stolen or illegally exported, the National Gallery announced Thursday.
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How Social Media Is Being Used To Help Bring Home India's Stolen Idols
By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in Chennai. But in his spare time, he is an international art detective whose efforts have helped bring back some of India's most valuable antiquities.
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Australia Gallery Returns 2 Sculptures To India
Australia's prestigious art gallery today returned to India two sculptures, including a third century rock carving, worth USD 840,000 bought from an illegal Indian art dealer in 2005.
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Aboriginal Painter, Aged 105, Happy To See Her Art Make Its Mark
Australian artist Loongkoonan only began painting aged about 95, little more than ten years on her works have electrified the indigenous art scene and are now being exhibited overseas.
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Art Lovers Get Naked for New Australia Exhibition
Art lovers have stripped off for nude tours of a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, a concept designed to remove the material barrier between artist and audience.
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Australian PM Tony Abbott to Return 'Stolen' Statues to India
Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott, during his meeting with PM Modi, will hand back two statues allegedly looted from ancient temples in India, ending a long-running battle over the pieces, his office said.
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Australia, Netherlands Plan Fresh Attempt to Reach MH17 Site
An art exhibition in China by a North Korean defector has been cancelled, gallery staff said Monday, with reports saying the show had been dismantled on official orders.
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Australian Gallery to Return Portrait lost under Nazis
An Australian gallery will return a portrait once thought the work of Vincent Van Gogh to its rightful owners in what is believed to be the country's first restitution of art lost under the Nazis.
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Australia must return stolen Shiva statue to India: former diplomat
Australia-India cultural ties could suffer a setback if Canberra-based National Gallery of Art continued to resist returning the allegedly stolen Shiva statue which it had bought in 2008 for USD five million, a former Australian diplomat has said.
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Second Australian gallery removes stolen Indian artefact from display
A second Australian art gallery has removed from display a centuries-old statue following allegations the artefact was stolen from an ancient site in India and sold by a tainted Indian art dealer.
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Australia set to return ancient statues to India
Australia is preparing to return two centuries-old statues to India, officials said on Thursday, following allegations they were stolen from ancient sites and sold as part of an audacious art fraud.
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Indian-origin art dealer to be sued for selling 900-year-old Shiva statue in Australia
Australia's top gallery on Friday said it will launch legal action against disgraced Indian-origin art dealer Subhash Kapoor after it was confirmed that its prized 900-year-old dancing Shiva was stolen from India.
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Women-Only Exhibit In Australian Museum To Become Toilet To Keep Men Out
An Australian museum, fighting to keep its exhibition open only to women, is installing a toilet in the gallery to keep men out.
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Australian Artist Is Charging Rs 4.9 Lakh For A McDonald's Pickle He "Flung Onto The Ceiling"
A bizarre artwork consisting of a single slice of pickle plucked from a Mcdonald's cheeseburger and flung onto the ceiling of a New Zealand art gallery has gone viral on the internet.
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"Close A Very Difficult Chapter Of History": Australia To Return "Stolen" Art To India
Australia will return 14 artworks to India, including at least six believed to have been stolen or illegally exported, the National Gallery announced Thursday.
-
How Social Media Is Being Used To Help Bring Home India's Stolen Idols
By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in Chennai. But in his spare time, he is an international art detective whose efforts have helped bring back some of India's most valuable antiquities.
-
Australia Gallery Returns 2 Sculptures To India
Australia's prestigious art gallery today returned to India two sculptures, including a third century rock carving, worth USD 840,000 bought from an illegal Indian art dealer in 2005.
-
Aboriginal Painter, Aged 105, Happy To See Her Art Make Its Mark
Australian artist Loongkoonan only began painting aged about 95, little more than ten years on her works have electrified the indigenous art scene and are now being exhibited overseas.
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Art Lovers Get Naked for New Australia Exhibition
Art lovers have stripped off for nude tours of a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, a concept designed to remove the material barrier between artist and audience.
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Australian PM Tony Abbott to Return 'Stolen' Statues to India
Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott, during his meeting with PM Modi, will hand back two statues allegedly looted from ancient temples in India, ending a long-running battle over the pieces, his office said.
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Australia, Netherlands Plan Fresh Attempt to Reach MH17 Site
An art exhibition in China by a North Korean defector has been cancelled, gallery staff said Monday, with reports saying the show had been dismantled on official orders.
-
Australian Gallery to Return Portrait lost under Nazis
An Australian gallery will return a portrait once thought the work of Vincent Van Gogh to its rightful owners in what is believed to be the country's first restitution of art lost under the Nazis.
-
Australia must return stolen Shiva statue to India: former diplomat
Australia-India cultural ties could suffer a setback if Canberra-based National Gallery of Art continued to resist returning the allegedly stolen Shiva statue which it had bought in 2008 for USD five million, a former Australian diplomat has said.
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Second Australian gallery removes stolen Indian artefact from display
A second Australian art gallery has removed from display a centuries-old statue following allegations the artefact was stolen from an ancient site in India and sold by a tainted Indian art dealer.
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Australia set to return ancient statues to India
Australia is preparing to return two centuries-old statues to India, officials said on Thursday, following allegations they were stolen from ancient sites and sold as part of an audacious art fraud.
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Indian-origin art dealer to be sued for selling 900-year-old Shiva statue in Australia
Australia's top gallery on Friday said it will launch legal action against disgraced Indian-origin art dealer Subhash Kapoor after it was confirmed that its prized 900-year-old dancing Shiva was stolen from India.
