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Australia's Richest Woman Demands Gallery To Remove Her ''Unflattering'' Portrait, Artist Responds
The 70-year-old is the Executive Chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company worth an estimated $30.6 billion.
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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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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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London's National Gallery Bans Selfie Sticks
London's National Gallery has banned selfie sticks, it said today, following the lead of museums around the world alarmed by the possible hazards to visitors and artworks.
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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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Australian gallery to return India's antique idols
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) would not contest the Indian government's request for the return of antique idols, the Indian high commission said on Tuesday.
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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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Australian gallery refuses to return $5 million Shiva idol
The National Gallery of Australia is refusing to return the dancing Shiva statue it purchased for $5 million from an Indian-origin antiquities dealer despite evidence that it was stolen from an Indian temple.
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Australia's Richest Woman Demands Gallery To Remove Her ''Unflattering'' Portrait, Artist Responds
The 70-year-old is the Executive Chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company worth an estimated $30.6 billion.
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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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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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London's National Gallery Bans Selfie Sticks
London's National Gallery has banned selfie sticks, it said today, following the lead of museums around the world alarmed by the possible hazards to visitors and artworks.
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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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Australian gallery to return India's antique idols
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) would not contest the Indian government's request for the return of antique idols, the Indian high commission said on Tuesday.
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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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Australian gallery refuses to return $5 million Shiva idol
The National Gallery of Australia is refusing to return the dancing Shiva statue it purchased for $5 million from an Indian-origin antiquities dealer despite evidence that it was stolen from an Indian temple.
