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Lille (France), Oct 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: Luis Miguel Pascual) He never set foot in the industrious city of northern France, but Goya's influence reached Lille almost half a century after his death, when the Museum of Fine Arts of that city acquired two works by the Spanish artist.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION ON GOYA THAT IS EXHIBITED IN LILLESOUNDBITES FROM THE EXHIBITION CURATOR, REGIS COTENTIN- "A sensitive experience in which we give all the keys to interpretation and reading clues to Goya's life and work, condensed into two paintings, the young and the old, which belong to the Museum of Fine Arts in Lille, which close The exhibition". - "It is a gesture of generosity with the public, so that they can make their own interpretation of the paintings. Once they discover them, it is they who will decide if they are the masterpieces that we consider. We constextualize Goya's work in a moment in which Spanish art, in particular that of Goya, was little or not represented in France. It was not liked, it was considered that Goya painted too fast and that he did not deal with the right subjects "
Bangalore (India), Sep 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Jagadeesh NV) . Indian floral artist Geetha Somashekar is a specialist in the "art of the Janur leaf" consisting of creating designs from banana leaves and coconut.The artist made an elephant for the Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival, which commemorates the birth of the Hindu elephant-headed god.FOOTAGE OF FLORAL ARTIST GEETHA SOMASHEKAR IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
French street artist JR has taken over the Trocadero esplanade in Paris, to present an alternative view of the Eiffel Tower by using paper collages to create an optical illusion of the famous landmark. IMAGES
Yilan, Apr 23 (EFE/EPA).- A bookstore in Yilan, eastern Taiwan hosts a space capsule replica by Taiwanese artist Li Cheng-liang which is made from recycled household materials that give both a homely and outer space feeling to its readers. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO)SHOT LIST: THE SPACE CAPSULE REPLICA BY TAIWANESE ARTIST LI CHENG-LIAN IN A BOOKSTORE IN YILAN, TAIWAN.
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most renowned painters of all time. Yet, he led a very troubled life. He was destitute for most of his career and hardly sold any paintings during his lifetime. The Dutch artist killed himself in 1890 at age 37. According to CNN there has been an exhaustive study of his artwork, journals, and letters. The study was conducted by researchers from The University Medical Center Groningen. in the Netherlands. They concluded that Van Gogh likely suffered from "delirium" caused by alcohol withdrawal. He is thought to have suffered from an undiagnosed combination of bipolar and borderline personality disorder
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).