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ART AND CULTURE - June 2019

Jun 2019

Apr 12, 2021

K-pop Stars Prepare for London Art Exhibition

In a Seoul cafe, K-pop stars Song Min-ho and Kang Seung-yoon talk through a selection of their paintings and photographs that will be headed for a London exhibition this autumn. Mainly known for their music, the WINNER bandmates will showcase their art, alongside fellow K-pop singer Henry Lau, at the START Art Fair, held at the Saatchi Gallery and coinciding with the famed Frieze Art Week.

Apr 11, 2021

Egypt Discovers Lost City Dating Back 3,000 Years

Egyptian archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of a lost city that dates back more than 3,400 years to the time of the pharaohs.
The find has been called one of the most important since the unearthing of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The archaeologists were searching for a temple in the desert sands near the city of Luxor. They began finding something else; the walls of houses stretching away in all directions.
There were rooms filled with items that ancient Egyptians used in everyday life. Rings and coloured pottery bore the seal of one of country's most powerful pharaohs, Amenhotep the Magnificent.
In one neighbourhood a bakery was found, and evidence of food preparation for many people.
Elsewhere there were signs of industrial activity. It seems some residents were engaged in the making of decorations for tombs and temples.
The great find will provide huge amounts of information – perhaps even an answer to why the site was eventually abandoned by its people.
This discovery is something really substantial in the history of Egyptian archaeology.
The well-preserved city has been described as nothing less than "an Egyptian Pompeii".

Apr 10, 2021

Benin Bronzes: Horniman Museum to Consider Returning Looted Artefacts

A London museum will consider returning artefacts obtained by colonial violence - including Benin Bronzes - to their countries of origin.
Collections at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill include plaques, figures and ceremonial items taken from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897.
The decision follows a consultation with London's Nigerian community.
There has also been mounting political pressure for the return of objects taken in the 19th Century.
Since 2017, the Benin Dialogue Group, which brings together the current Oba (state leader of Edo), the Nigerian government and museums across Europe, has been working on a plan for some Benin Bronzes to return to Nigeria. If returned, Nigeria plans to house repatriated bronzes in the Edo Museum of West African Art set to open in 2025.

Apr 09, 2021

Home in Manchester Launches Covid-safe Outdoor Theatre

An arts venue in Manchester is to open a new 400-seat socially distanced outdoor theatre space.
The temporary venue would provide shows, music, cabaret and comedy for people looking for a safe and fun night out as lockdown eases.
Named Homeground, it will open on 28 May on a future development site in the city's First Street.
The project will create 450 new jobs for freelance artists.
Overt the summer the venue plans to stage musical versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Alice in Wonderland.
It will also host work by partners including Frog & Bucket, Contact and Trans Creative.

Apr 07, 2021

Bronze Age Slab Found in France is Oldest 3D Map in Europe

As per researchers, an unearthed Bronze-Age stone may be the oldest three-dimensional map in Europe.
The 2 m by 1.5 m slab (5ft by 6.5ft), first uncovered in 1900, was found again in a cellar in a castle in France in 2014.
Archaeologists who studied patterns engraved on the 4,000-year-old stone say they believe the markings are a map of an area in western Brittany.
They said that this makes the slab the oldest 3D map of a known area in Europe.
The piece of rock, known as the Saint-Bélec Slab, is believed to date from the early Bronze Age, between 1900 BC and 1650 BC.

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