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ART AND CULTURE - August 2021

Aug 2021

Aug 25, 2021

Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie Reopens after 6 Years

Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, an iconic modern art museum designed by Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, reopened to the public after a six-year refurbishment of the glass-fronted building.
Germany's Culture Minister, Monika Gruetters, said that the occasion marked the museum's brilliant comeback as a pilgrimage site for lovers of modern art and as a stage for contemporary artists.
British architect David Chipperfield oversaw the extensive refurbishment of the steel-and-glass structure, a project that cost 140 million euros ($164 million).

Aug 23, 2021

Goa Gets its First Alcohol Museum

The land of feni just got a museum wholly dedicated to the locally brewed alcohol.
Started by local businessman Nandan Kudchadkar, who is a collector of antiques, the museum 'All About Alcohol' located in the tiny beach village of Candolim, houses hundreds of artefacts linked to feni, including large, traditional glass vats in which the local cashew-based alcohol was stored centuries ago.
The objective behind starting the museum was to make the world aware of Goa`s rich heritage, especially the story of feni and the legacy of the alcohol trail from Brazil to Goa.

Aug 22, 2021

Metal Detectorist Finds Sword Pyramid

A metal detectorist in England discovered a tiny pyramid-shaped artifact that may have been used by an elite warrior at the top of his scabbard.
The 1,400-year-old sword pyramid is about 0.24 inches (6 millimeters) high and 0.47 inches (12 mm) long at its base.
It was found in a place where no archaeological site is known to exist.
The sword pyramid is made of gold and garnet stones that may have come from India or Sri Lanka, likely arriving through long-distance trade routes. Sword pyramids are "rather rare finds, and this one appears to be fairly well constructed.

Aug 21, 2021

Moti Bagh: Indian Documentary Shortlisted for BBC LongShots

An Indian film about a farmer in a Himalayan village has been shortlisted for LongShots, the BBC's online documentary film festival.
Nirmal Chander's documentary, Moti Bagh, is among the 110 films shortlisted by an alliance of 13 international film festivals.
It follows 83-year-old Vidyadutt Sharma who grows radishes and writes poetry in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
His goal is simple - he wants to grow the biggest radish India has ever seen.
But his story is also about a rural way of life that is fast disappearing.
Through Sharma's eyes, Mr. Chander explores complex themes of migration, discrimination towards outsiders, and a dwindling interest in farming among young people living in rural India.

Aug 19, 2021

Monastery of Powerful Anglo Saxon Queen Discovered

The site of a lost Anglo Saxon monastery, which may hold the grave of the powerful queen who founded it, has been rediscovered in the heart of the Berkshire village of Cookham. Its most famous resident was the artist Stanley Spencer, who celebrated his native village as a literal paradise on earth in his work—and unknowingly included the site of the lost monastery in the grounds of Holy Trinity church in many paintings.
The monastery was one of many established along the banks of the Thames, at the time a major trading route, and a contested boundary between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. Written sources documented its existence and rule by Queen Cynethryth, wife of the Mercian King Offa (of Offa's Dyke fame), a powerful woman ruler and uniquely portrayed on a silver coin in her own right, but the site had been lost. The excavation proves that it was built like the present medieval parish church on a gravel island raising it above the frequent floods on this stretch of the river.

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