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ART AND CULTURE - August 2019

Aug 2019

Dec 24, 2019

Lost Painting to go on Sale after 70 Years

A painting by L. S. Lowry that was lost to the art world for more than seven decades was unearthed.
The 1943 work, entitled 'The Mill, Pendlebury', depicts workers enjoying a day off and children playing cricket.
British art expert Nick Orchard of Christie's auction house in London said that there are no recordsof ti, we simply did not know it exsisted.
The painting, which Lowry gave away, is expected to fetch between £700,000 and £1m when it goes on sale next month.
It has spent the majority of its life in the US, owned by influential medical researcher Leonard D Hamilton, who died earlier this year.
Lowry gave the painting to Mr. Hamilton's parents more than 70 years ago, when the family was living in Manchester.

Dec 22, 2019

Banksy Unveils Dark Nativity Scene

A manger scene juxtaposed against concrete blocks seemingly pierced by a mortar shell: with Christmas looming, the latest Bethlehem offering by secretive artist Banksy appeared in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Dubbed the Scar of Bethlehem, the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph are backlit through damaged concrete, chiseled pockmarks exploding out from a gaping hole in four directions to approximate the Christmas Star.
The work is installed at Banksy's Walled-Off Hotel, where all rooms overlook a concrete section of the barrier built by Israel to cut off the occupied West Bank from Israeli territory.

Dec 20, 2019

World's Tiniest Gingerbread House

There was Tiny Tim, and then the Little Drummer Boy - but they had nothing on the microscropic gingerbread house believed to be the smallest in the world and unveiled by a Canadian researcher.
Half the size of one made in France last year, it was cut and etched from silicon, complete with sharply defined bricks and trim, and a Canadian flag for a welcome mat.
Casagrande said that the intention of the project is to stir scientific curiosity among the public.

Dec 19, 2019

Greece Finds Old Royal Tombs

American archaeologists have discovered two monumental royal tombs dating from about 3,500 years ago near a major Mycenaean-era palace in Greece's southern Peloponnese region. Recovered grave goods from the two tombs near the Bronze Age palace of Pylos included a golden seal ring and a golden amulet of an ancient Egyptian goddess, highlighting trade and cultural links.

Dec 18, 2019

Playhouse Theatre to Reopen After 20 Years

A historic Manchester theatre that has stood empty for decades is set to stage its first production in 20 years.
The Playhouse Theatre in Hulme was named last year in the Theatres Trust's list of venues "at risk" of demolition or redevelopment.
But the Grade II-listed building will reopen with a Christmas production after the space was taken over by community co-operative NIAMOS.
Dating back to 1902, it hosted shows by Nina Simone during its heyday.
Originally named the Hippodrome, the theatre became the Grand Junction Theatre in 1905, and finally the Playhouse in 1950.

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