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Photographer captures Soviet avant-garde architecture
April 09, 2012 06:40 
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BERLIN (Reuters) - British photographer Richard Pare is on a mission to capture Soviet avant-garde buildings before they turn to ruins in the hope of raising awareness about this little-known period of experimentation in modern architecture.
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Washington's famed Howard Theater back from the brink
April 09, 2012 04:33
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's historic Howard Theater, a launching pad for black performers from Duke Ellington to The Supremes, reopened on Monday after a $29 million restoration saved it from the wrecking ball.
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Israel bars German writer Grass from visiting over poem
April 08, 2012 08:52
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JERUSALEM/BERLIN (Reuters) - Israel declared Nobel Prize-winning German author Guenter Grass "persona non grata" on Sunday over a poem in which the former SS soldier described the Jewish state as a threat to world peace.
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Autopsy scheduled for painter Thomas Kinkade
April 08, 2012 08:35
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California coroner is due to conduct an autopsy of Thomas Kinkade on Monday, three days after the famed American painter died unexpectedly, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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"Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade dead at 54
April 07, 2012 01:55
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Painter Thomas Kinkade, whose works of luminescent, homespun scenes captivated millions of Americans even as some critics scoffed, died at his home in Northern California at age 54, a spokesman said.
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Malaysia denies tutus to blame for nixed ballet
April 05, 2012 05:33
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural...
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Singapore tutus just too, too much for Malaysia
April 04, 2012 09:05
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysia has denied a permit for a Singapore dance troupe to perform The Nutcracker and other ballet works due to concerns about "indecent" costumes, media in both countries reported.
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U.S. demands Sotheby's give up ancient Cambodian statue
April 04, 2012 05:41
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday filed suit demanding auctioneer Sotheby's forfeit a 10th-century sandstone statue the government says was looted from a Cambodian temple.
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LA's Getty Center puts Herb Ritts in perspective
April 04, 2012 04:31
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the 1980s and '90s, photographer Herb Ritts' black and white portraits of movie stars and models like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell created a look that was emblematic of the era, and now they are the subject of a major...
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Dali work expected to fetch $10 million at NY auction
April 04, 2012 02:40
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 75-year-old masterwork by Surrealist painter Salvador Dali is expected to fetch $10 million or more when it hits the auction block next month, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.
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