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ART AND CULTURE - January 2020

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Jul 10, 2020

Ministry of Culture to Reprint 108 Volumes of Mongolian Kanjur

The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting of 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manus, NMM.
The first set of five volumes of Mongolian Kanjur published under the NMM was presented to President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of Guru Purnima, also known as Dharma Chakra Day.
A set was then handed over to Mr. Gonching Ganbold, Ambassador of Mongolia to India by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
The National Mission for Manus was launched in February 2003 by the Government of India with the mandate of documenting, conserving and disseminating the knowledge preserved in the manus.
One of the objectives of the mission is to publish rare and unpublished manus so that the knowledge enshrined in them is spread to researchers, scholars and general public at large.
It is expected that all the 108 volumes of the Mongolian Kanjur will be published by March, 2022.

Jun 20, 2020

The $0-budget Movie that Topped the US Box Office

In normal times, blockbuster movies usually dominate the box office charts.
The big-budget productions, directed by the likes of James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, regularly draw the biggest crowds at cinemas across the US and beyond.
But earlier this month (June 2020), one box office-topping movie was watched by just two people, in one cinema.
Unsubscribe, a 29-minute horror movie shot entirely on video-conferencing app Zoom, generated $25,488 (£20,510) in ticket sales on that day.

Jun 11, 2020

Oldest Work of Chinese Art

Researchers have called a 13,500-year-old small bone carving of a bird found in a spoil heap as the 'oldest work of Chinese art'.
Professor Zhanyang Li called the statue, which is less than an inch long, a "missing link" in the art world.
This discovery pushes back by more than 8,500 years the representation of birds in Chinese art.
Bird representations are a theme in Chinese Neolithic art. The oldest example is a jade songbird from about 5,000 years ago.

Jun 05, 2020

BBC to Broadcast Royal Opera House Reopening Concert

The BBC is to broadcast the Royal Opera House's first post-lockdown performance across TV and radio later this month.
The concert, which will take place without a live audience, is scheduled for 13th June, hosted by the venue's director of music Antonio Pappano.
It will feature a dance premiere by Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer of the Royal Ballet, as well as music by Britten, Handel and Butterworth.

May 29, 2020

Cognac Bottle, Labelled One of World's Oldest, Sells for £118,000

One of the world's oldest bottles of Cognac has been sold in an online auction for £118,580.
The spirit dates back to 1762 and has been stored in a family cellar for the past 140 years.
The bottle was bought by a private collector in Asia and has set a record for the most expensive bottle of Cognac sold at auction.
It is one of only three bottles of the rare Gautier Cognac still in existence.
Of the two other smaller bottles, one is in a museum in France and the other was sold at auction in New York in 2014 for about £48,000.

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