Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Poker with James Bond in the company of the corpses

German artist Gunter von khagens, scandalously known by his compositions from the corpses, is again located under the fire of criticism - this time he is intended to use corpses in order to recreate scene from the new film about James Bond.

Von khagens must select the corpses, similar to Deniyela of Craig and other actors, who play into the poker during the scene in the "casino piano"

The protestant church of Germany arrived into the horror after artist showed that it will precisely become the aspect of his new project.

It is expected that daily more than 5.000 people will come into the the four-storied Plastinarium to the exhibition, which is opened in three weeks.

But Local Priest Michael domke Complains: "human bodies are converted into the commodities, prepared on the factory conveyor. This is terrible ".

American museum was forced to change the rules of the purchase of the artifacts

The museum of floor To getti, which conducts the negotiations with the Italian government about the return of several questionable exhibits, stated on Friday that from now on it was intended to buy only those works, which were officially registered, find on the territory OF THE USA during not less than 36 years or imported into the country with the observance of all juridical standards.

The director of the museum Of maykl Of brand promised recently, that will be soon accepted the more specific and clear instructions on the acquisition of new exhibits.

The new rules, accepted by museum To getti, provide for the purchase of the artifacts, which were exported after 17 November of 1970 from the country, where they in their time were created. Export is considered legally substantiated and legitimate, if it is accompanied by the appropriate documentation.

Date (November of 1970) was accepted in accordance with the agreement about averting of illicit traffic in archaelogical antiquities, which was accepted by the United Nations.

The previous instructions of museum To getti allowed the acquisition of the artistic and historical values, which were properly documented and find on the territory OF THE USA since 1995.

The former moderator of the antique values of museum, Marion I rub, from November of the past year it is located in Rome under the consequence on the charge in the fact that it acquired for the museum objects of ancient skill illegally the extracted from raskopov or illegally delivered in THE USA. It denies the charges produced to it and indicates that honestly it approached the acquisition of new exhibits.

They sold Hendricks's heritage for 15 millions

The unnamed buyer spent 15 million dollars on the acquisition of rights to entire catalog of legendary Jimmy Hendricks's songs. However, the family of star reported that the part of the music, including such a classics as "violet fog" and "witchcraft of Chile", as before belongs to it.

Rights to the songs of fate- musician were sold from the auction by the former manager Hendricks - Frank dzheffri's Mayklom. On this reported the representative of the auction house Ocean Tomo Auctions. Who precisely acquired rights to the songs of surprising guitarist, she refused to describe.

Hendricks, whose career was broken with death of musician in 1970 - it died in London of the overdose of narcotics - it created several unforgettable compositions, which in the y9'0-ye years entered into its albums Electric Ladyland, Axis: Bold As love And Are You Experienced?

Horticulturists recreated Van Gog's picture

In Ashkhabad was opened the third according to the calculation exhibition it was color "flowers - the ambassadors of peace". It was organized on the initiative of the consulate of the kingdom of the Netherlands and ministry of culture and tele-radiobroadcasting of Turkmenia.

Uncommon exposure was placed in the foyer of the main dramatic theater of the country. In its preparation and formulation the chief horticulturists were begun to operate.

Among the exclusive flower compositions - "bloomed" national musical tool of dutar, original wind mill, which swims on the fragrant waves the boat, made in the original genre the copy of the famous picture of van gog "sunflowers" and others.

In the creation of these masterpieces were used thousands of living it was color: rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, orchid, khelikonii and, certainly, tulips - world acknowledged symbol of Holland.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

UNESCO sounds the alarm: London Tower in danger


On Saturday, on 21 October, the experts OF UNITED NATIONS on the protection of the cultural heritage of humanity, visited London Tower. The reason for visit - uneasiness apropos of the fact that the contemporary mastery of the adjacent regions inflicts loss on the architectural monument of history.

The officials OF UNESCO note that the 900- summer fortress, built in THE XI century by William the Conqueror, can fall in the list of the objects of cultural heritage, which are located in the danger.

UNESCO notes that surrounding the former royal palace, and then prison the new high-rise office buildings darkened main building and seriously spoiled common form to Tower.

Soon it is planned to accept a number of the laws, directed toward the protection of Tower itself and regions adjacent to it. Yearly this place in history they attend more than 2,5 million tourists.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

The "code of da Vinci" drew tourists into Scotland

Scotland obtained 6 million it was pounds sterling profit because of the film the "code of da Vinci". The chapel Of roslin in Midlotiane was key scene of action in the motion-picture film, based on Dan Brown novel.

The agency of the tourism of Scotland VisitScotland was combined with Sony Pictures for the purpose to move in 40 countries of peace those sights, about which it is mentioned in the film.

Advertising material includes the united Web site, named visitdavincicode.com, competitions, television and newspaper advertisement on the kept balance tourist markets, such as THE USA and Germany, and also on the forming markets, such as India, China and Russia. About half million people already visited Web site from May of this year.

After the output of film the chapel Of roslin visited about 160000 tourists, which is five times more than to the output of film. The building of 15 centuries drew 120000 visitors in 2005, 68000 visitors into 2004 and 38000 into 2003.

The flow of tourists, who flow into the village Of roslin in order to visit chapel, led to an increase in the bus communication in this region. However, is communications also about the fans of the "code of da Vinci", who attempt to find under the arches of ancient chapel sacred Graal'.

Some historians criticize Brown for the distortion of a number of facts, including his assertion about the fact that the chapel is built by knights by templars. In reality chapel built sir William of Saint clear, lord roslin, in 1446, more than a century after the last great master of templars was burnt on the post.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Bloodthirsty dragons settled in the museum

The unique collection of the ancient mosaic panels, discovered with the excavations of famous monument To gonur-depe in Mary velayate of Turkmenia, is transmitted to the museum of the depictive skills of the country. It was found Shityu the margianskeye expedition, which carried out excavations To gonur-depe.

According to its leader, Victor sarianidi, priceless findings relate toward the end III v. to n. 3. Mosaics decorated interior with one of the tsarist tombs; however, were badly damaged in extreme antiquity with the robbery nekropolya To gonur-depe. Colleagues for the national administration of Turkmenistan for protection, study and restoration of the monuments of history and culture thoroughly of otrestavrirovali unique findings, after restoring them in a maximally integral form. Work was complex, since the mosaics consist of thousands of fine gypsum details with the relief thread and the painting with black and red color on the contour of the lines, which border the depicted figures. Basic theme of these compositions - dragons -ajdarxa, that swallow artiodactyl animals. So in the allegorical form ancient margushtsy illustrated the idea of the fight of good and evil, which was the basis of their philosophical- ethical system.

Of sarianidi he emphasized that the discovered in Margiane unusually realistic topical mosaics, so uncommon in theme and technology of performance, such complex according to figure, are earliest in the world. Until now the mosaics of that old time, created in Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Egypt, were known to science, but they were ornamental, with the geometric patterns.

Here already 30 years in Turkmenia are achieved study of the ancient country Of margush under the management by Victor sarianidi. They obtained wide reputation because of the unique findings of the works of the skill of the distant ancestors of the Turkmen people

Multi-millionaire Made a hole in Picasso

Famous "sleep" (Le Reve) Picasso's Pablo was wrapped up by present nightmare for the most important magnate and the owner of casino in Las-Vegase Of stiva Of uinna - it accidentally made a hole fabric, by cost several million dollars.

Uinn recently completed transaction on sale of picture for 139 million dollars to another collector, as with it was connected discomfiture - showing Picasso's masterpiece to its friends, it accidentally pierced in the fabric hole by size finger.

Director and scenario the burrow Of efron, which became svidetel'nitsey of this incident, wrote about it in its electronic periodical (bloge) on site Huffington Post. According to her, mister uinn raised hand in order something to show gathering on the portrait, as here and occurred the discomfiture mentioned above - the elbow Of uinna opened holes by size silver dollar in the very center of fabric.

"sound was terrible", says Efron, noting that the owner of picture suffers the pigment degeneration of retina, eye disease, which disrupts outlying sight.

Let us recall that on the picture, written in 1932, Mari- Theresa Walter depicted his mistress as Picasso.

Monday, October 09, 2006

The stolen picture of Goya is discovered in Montenegro

The picture of Francisco Goya, stolen from the gallery on the north of Italy of five years ago is found in Montenegro.

Procuratorship produced charge for three people in the attempt to sell the picture of Spanish artist "graph Ugolino of the matter Of gerardeska".

The police could not gather sufficiently evidences in order to accuse criminals of the theft of picture. They charge them with the illegal possession of the work of skill.

If those accused are acknowledged guilty, it threatens to them of up to 10 years of prison.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

The porn film entered into hundreds of the most significant films

Porn film "deep throat" entered into the list of 100 most significant works of world cinematography, comprised by the British periodical Radio Times.

The film, taken in 1972 and which marked the new landmark of sexual revolution, was forbidden in 23 states OF THE USA, its complete version left on the screens in Great Britain only in 2000.

By Andrews Collins, the motion picture editor of periodical, protects the selection of editorial staff. He explained that "deep throat" the very terrible made film, but to deny his influence would be clean snobbery.

It also noted that the list is chronological journey into the history of cinema, determining the films, which changed the course of the film industry.