Category archives for: Art & Culture

International Day of the Book and Copyright

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The International Book Day is celebrated worldwide with the aim of encouraging reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.

Pablo Neruda’s remains are exhumed

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Experts of Legal Medical Service (SML) to exhume the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda to see if he died on September 23, 1973 due to his cancer or was murdered by the dictatorship installed just days before in the country.

UNCIPAR 2013: 35th Conference of Argentine and international independent film and video

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After two days of Festival and 10 functions made, increased by 20% the number of viewers compared to 2012, reaching 1,000 people.

Cartoonist Manuel García Ferré died this morning after a heart operation

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Cartoonist Manuel García Ferré died this morning at the German Hospital, at 83 years old, during a heart operation.

A pre Viking tunic is found in a Norwegian glacier

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A wool tunic pre Viking was found next to a melting glacier in southern Norway, and it shows how global warming is becoming a boon for archeology.

International Day of Happiness

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For the first time, the world is celebrating today, Wednesday March 20, the ‘International Day of Happiness’.

International’s Women Day

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Today we commemorate the International Women’s Day, which refers to women in general, both those who struggle day to day at home with their families, as those who participate in medicine, politics, human rights, science in society on an equal basis with men.

Chinese New Year: How to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake in China and Argentina

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More than a billion of Asians celebrated on Sunday the arrival of the Snake year amid a din of firecrackers and fireworks, after the start of the festivities by Canadian singer Céline Dion, Saturday night on Chinese television.

The artist who disappears in his pictures (images)

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Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who is camouflaged in certain scenarios and then take pictures of the intervention. It has gained fame as “the invisible man” for his great ability to camouflage.

The 10 most powerful photos taken from space

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This is a compilation of the most striking images of 2012, taken from space by different satellites.

Biennial of the Moving Image: The winners of the “Norberto Griffa” prize

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The Biennial of Moving Image (BIM) ended this Sunday with a very positive balance in terms of call for the Audiovisual Creation Prize Norberto Griffa, for which there were at least 500 works, in addition to the great guests who attended the event, including artists and theorists.

Artist paints bodies with zippers, electrical outlets, cords and buttons (Images)

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Japanese artist Chooo-San presented an illusory art representing zippers, electrical outlets, cords and buttons that adorn the bodies of young models.

In video: The first images of Paranormal Activity 4

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The latest installment of Paranormal Activity premiered in Argentina on October 18 and the trailer is already in YouTube.

The new book of Harry Potter writer receives the first reviews

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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling lunches her new book, of the hit and generally received good reviews.

Bicentenary of the Battle of Tucumán

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On 24 and 25 September 1812, the Northern Army under General Manuel Belgrano defeated the royalist troops in Tucumán.

RAE will include the words “tuitear”, “tuiteo”, “tuit” y “tuitero”

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The director of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), José Manuel Blecua, announced that the new edition of the dictionary to be launched in 2014, include the words “tuitear”, “tuiteo”, “tuit” y “tuitero”, and eBook or blog.

Invstigators found the birth certificate of Carlos Gardel

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The mystery of the legendary tango singer ended: His birth certificate with his country of origin was found.

Unbelievable: Woman bought a lost painting by Renoir $ 7

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In the United States, ignorance played a bad joke on a seller, who let a Renoir painting pass to the hands of a woman for only $ 7. It would cost $ 100,000.

Guillermo Francella: ‘Outstanding Personality of Culture’

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The Argentine actor Guillermo Francella was awarded as ‘Outstanding Personality of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires’ in the Eva Peron lounge of the Buenos Aires Legislature.

Spectacular images of body painting festival

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Several models are participating in the International Festival ‘Body Painting’ in Daegu, South Korea, today.

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