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Amsterdam, Sep 16 (EFE).- (Camera: Imane Rachidi) The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has unveiled a new drawing by the eponymous Dutch artist, a preliminary work for the 1882 painting "Worn out", one of the best-known from the painter’s time living in The Hague.The piece, a sketch that will be exhibited in the gallery from Friday, shows an old worker, seemingly tired, dressed in a bombazine suit, with his back hunched and sitting on a wooden chair, his head in his hands, and with his elbows resting on his legs. FOOTAGE OF THE DRAWING AT THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM.SOUNDBITES OF TEIO MEEDENDORP, MUSEUM'S MAIN INVESTIGATOR.
At 9am sharp, the president-director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, welcomes the first visitors for the reopening of the Paris museum, after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As with all museums, the rule of 8 m2 per visitor is applied. IMAGES
Florence's Uffizi Gallery and its Accademia, housing Michaelangelo's David, welcome visitors once again after closing down for 77 days because of Covid-19 restrictions. The coronavirus has killed more than 83,000 people in Italy. IMAGES
Amsterdam (Netherlands), Oct 8 (EFE) .- (Camera: Imane Rachidi) Van Gogh had a hectic personal life that was documented in letters in which he recounted his ambitions, his vision of life and death, his loneliness and need for affection. The Van Gogh Museum now presents the exhibition "Your loving Vincent", which opens on October 9 and exhibits the artist's letters. FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.SOUNDBITES OF CURATOR NIENKE BAKKER.
Sao Paulo residents enjoy Ibirapuera Park, their city's biggest park, as it reopens after months of virus lockdown. IMAGES
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).