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ART AND CULTURE - January 2019

Jan 2019

Nov 01, 2020

Tyre Park in Kolkata Set to Turn Waste into Art

The Esplanade Bus Depot in the heart of the city usually buzzing with the noise of buses and chugging of trams is all set to have a unique art installation made of used old tyres. The West Bengal Transport Department is giving final touches to what it calls "the country's first tyre park".
The idea behind the park is that waste can be converted into art. Nothing is waste and can be art, is the message of the tyre park coming up in Kolkata.
Disposal of used and waste tyres is not only a challenge for authorities but also takes a lot of time. Usually, such tyres remain piled up at the bus depots, making them an eyesore. The employees of West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) started working on such tyres and other scrap material for weeks and have been able to convert them into an eye-pleasing and colourful amalgamation.

Oct 31, 2020

Halloween Window Art Lifts Community Spirits

A woman from County Durham has painted a mural of Halloween film characters on her window in the hope of lifting the community's spirits.
Amy Kirby, from Leadgate, Consett, spent about 60 hours over three weeks painting horror characters on her sitting room window.
The 24-year-old said Halloween was her favourite time of year, and with children unable to trick or treat due to Covid-19, she thought it was a "great idea" to give them a "good scare" by decorating her house.

Oct 29, 2020

Slave Owner Picton's Portrait to Be Re-framed

As per National Museum Wales (NMW), a portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero will be "re-framed" with more context given about his life.
A group is advising the museum on the future of the painting, which is in one of its galleries in Cardiff.
Picton has been celebrated as a hero who died at the Battle of Waterloo.
But as governor of Trinidad he abused the slaves he owned, and was known as a tyrant even at the time.
A statue of Picton was boxed up at Cardiff's City Hall earlier this year, while Carmarthenshire council is considering the future of Carmarthen's Picton monument.
Picton, who was born in Haverfordwest in 1758, was remembered with pride by many but his reputation as a tyrant in Trinidad was well known before his death at Waterloo.

Oct 22, 2020

Archaeologists Find Giant Cat Drawing

The Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37 metre-long cat on the famous Nazca lines of Peru. It is a world known UNESCO Heritage site.
The Nazca lines consist of hundreds of gigantic geoglyphs that date back more than 2000 years. The newly discovered cat geoglyph is older than the ones discovered earlier. The cat figure was 37 metres long and dates from the Paracas Era 500 BC to 200 AD.
The geoglyphs in the region are still intact mainly due to the dry climate of the region.
Nazca lines are a group of Geoglyphs that are made on the ground using elements of landscape such as gravel, stones dirt or lumber. The Other figures discovered were Pelican, monkey, hummingbirds, andean Condor and spiders. Apart from these figures there are also the Trapezoids, Triangles, spirals.
The lines were discovered in 1927 and the site was declared the UNESCO Heritage site in 1994.
The geoglyphs in Peru belongs to the Paracas culture. It approximately belongs to the period between 800 BCE and 100 BCE. The culture is known for its extensive knowledge of water management and irrigation. The people of Paracas era mummified the dead. The dry climate of the region was the main reason for the mummified remains to stay intact even after these many years. The region has a dry climate due to the Peruvian Ocean Current.

Oct 21, 2020

Stolen Klimt Painting, Buried for 20 Years, to Go Back on Show at Italian Museum

A Gustav Klimt masterpiece stolen 23 years ago from an Italian gallery will go back on display next month. Portrait of a Lady (1916-17) was taken on 22nd February 1997 from the Ricci Oddi gallery in the northern city of Piacenza.
A gardener found the painting last December, after removing a metal plate on an exterior wall; the work was concealed in a bag buried within a cavity.
The painting will go on show in the gallery's main exhibition space, and will be protected by a safety case. In early January, officials at the gallery announced that the work had been authenticated and is a genuine painting by Klimt valued at €60m.
The Ricci Oddi gallery is organising four shows dedicated to Klimt over a two-year period. Portrait of a Lady is the centrepiece of the first exhibition due to run from November to 28 March 2021.

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