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An image of a player of a pre-Hispanic ball game, possibly dating back over 1,000 years in the State of Guerrero, Mexico. The stone had been sliced at the neck, like a decapitation, and buried in a ritual that was common at the time. Photo: Pablo Sereno/INAH.
Translated by: Cristina Perez Ayala
OMETEPEC.- An ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game, which could be over 1,000 years old, was discovered recently in the pre Hispanic site of Piedra Labrada, in the municipality of Ometepec, Guerrero. This element was a part of one of the five spaces registered in the area, dedicated to the practice of this ancient ritual; it is also one of the biggest located in the Costa Chica region. The finding took place some weeks ago, when members of a community settled in the surrounding area were installing a water pipe. This event was reported to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in that entity. This element was discovered in the north section an area where the biggest ball game platform is located. The ball game court has an “I” shape and is up to 40 meters [131.23 feet] long. In Mesoamerica, a great quantity of sculptures and ... More |
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| Posthumous picture of Gustav Klimt's beloved little sister for sale at London Art Week |
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Landmark exhibition returns Sir Horace Walpole's collection to its original setting |
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Ashmolean announces major acquisition of "John Ruskin" by John Everett Millais |
Art historians believe that the drawing of a young girl, referred to as ‘Annerl’, is of Klimt’s little sister, Anna, who had died 10 years previously.
LONDON.- A drawing by Gustav Klimt is to be sold at London Art Week in June. Art historians believe that the drawing of a young girl, referred to as ‘Annerl’, is of Klimt’s little sister, Anna, who had died 10 years previously. The drawing is believed to have been drawn after a photograph and is the main drawing used for the motif of the young girl in “Dance” in the ceiling painting of the auditorium of the Municipal Theatre in Karlsbad (Karoly Vary). The drawing will be on display revealing a portion of Anna’s torso, which has been covered up since the 1940s. Klimt’s early family life was fraught with poverty and his family was touched by death and mental illness. The Klimt family consisted of Gustav, his parents, four sisters and two younger brothers, and they lived in Baumgarten, a deprived area on the outskirts of Vienna. In 1873 an economic crisis brought on by the crash of the ... More |
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Pieter Paul Rubens, Friar’s Head. Oil on canvas. ©The State Hermitage Museum.
LONDON.- The magnificent art collection amassed by Great Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, has been reassembled in its original home of Houghton Hall for the first time in over 200 years. The most celebrated British collection of the 18th century, it was acquired in 1779 by Catherine the Great in a landmark private sale negotiated by James Christie, founder of Christie’s. The core of the collection went on to adorn the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Christie’s is sponsoring Houghton Revisited which includes paintings from the English, French, Italian, Flemish and Spanish schools, with masterpieces by Van Dyck, Poussin, Albani, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velazquez and Murillo. The public exhibition sees all of the paintings hung in their original positions in the State Rooms, precisely recreating the collection’s splendour. Houghton Hall, now the family seat of Sir Robert Walpole’s direct descendant, ... More |
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John Everett Millais (1829–1896), John Ruskin, 1853–4. Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 68 cm, inscribed ‘JM (monogram) 1854’.
OXFORD.- The Ashmolean announced the acquisition of one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite paintings remaining in private ownership – the celebrated portrait of John Ruskin by John Everett Millais. The picture, which was recently exhibited in Tate’s major exhibition, Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde, has been on loan to the Ashmolean since January 2012. It has been allocated to the Ashmolean by the Arts Council England under the Acceptance in Lieu of Inheritance (AIL) scheme. The portrait was started in the summer of 1853 while the artist, sitter, and Ruskin’s wife were staying in Glen Finglas, a remote area of the Trossachs north of Glasgow. It was during this holiday that Millais fell in love with Effie Ruskin, setting in motion the events which would break the Ruskins’ marriage, Millais’s friendship with Ruskin, and the artist’s engagement with the Pre- ... More |
| New and recent works by Rodney Graham on view at Lisson Gallery in London |
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Netherlandish masterpieces highlight Christie's Sale of Old Master Paintings in New York |
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C. Griffith Mann appointed Curator in Charge of Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters |
Rodney Graham, Old Punk on Pay Phone, 2012, Painted aluminium lightbox with transmounted chromogenic transparency. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.
LONDON.- Following his acclaimed retrospective exhibition Through the Forest, at MACBA, Barcelona, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg in 2010-11; Rodney Graham presents new and recent works at Lisson Gallery. The artist will show a selection of light-boxes, representing mise-en-scenes which have both a sculptural and cinematic presence. These painstakingly detailed and chromatically rich digital tableaux represent scenes that conflate the artist’s mundane observations with the illustration of moments – often overlooked or forgotten – originating in literature, music, film or art history. Graham himself is recognisable as he appears in a variety of guises as the protagonist of these compositions. The exhibition at Lisson Gallery will include the monumental light-box Paddler, Mouth of the Seymour, (2012-13), on show for the first time in Europe. The large ... More |
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Matthäus Terwesten, Pygmalion and Galatea. Estimate: $10,000-15,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Old Master Paintings sale in New York on June 5 will present works from private collections and institutions, many of which are fresh to the market. With more than 100 works by great French, Italian, Flemish, Dutch and British masters of the 15th through the 19th centuries, the sale includes exceptional works by Gerrit van Honthorst, Pieter Brueghel II, and Jacques-Louis David among others. The sale will be led by Gerrit van Honthorst’s The Duet (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000), a significant work with an exceptionally distinguished Russian provenance, which includes the collection of Count Alexander Stroganov, art advisor to Catherine the Great, as well as the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Painted in 1624 at the height of Honthorst's career, this picture is one of the finest examples of scenes of nocturnal revelry for which the Dutch artist is celebrated. On display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for ... More |
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C. Griffith Mann is currently Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Photo: Howard Agriesti, Cleveland Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, today announced two appointments in its Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters. Peter Barnet, who is currently the Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of the department, will move into the newly created position of Senior Curator, and C. Griffith Mann, currently Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Cleveland Museum of Art, will become the Metropolitan Museum’s Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters. These changes will go into effect on September 1. Thomas Campbell said, in making the announcement: “Over the past 15 years, Peter Barnet has been a strong leader of his superb staff. Together they have presented an important roster of scholarly exhibitions, made significant acquisitions, and carried out essential upgrades and reinstallations in the medieval art galleries, both in the Met’s ... More |
| Newly discovered masterwork to lead Sotheby's Sale of Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art |
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Major Torres-García discovery highlights Sotheby's Latin American art sale in New York |
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Frank Auerbach's first solo exhibition in Asia opens at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Hong Kong |
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Painting No.1, 1962, estimated £250,000-450,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On 11 June 2013, Sotheby's will present a 20th Century masterpiece by Indian artist, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde as the pre-eminent highlight of its Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art auction. Coming to the market for the first time in 50 years, Vasudeo Gaitonde’s luminous Painting No.1, of 1962, was acquired in New York during the 1960s and is believed to have previously been in the collection of the celebrated collector and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller III, one of the earliest Western patrons of Indian modern art. Estimated at £250,000-450,000, the large 50 x 50 inch oil on canvas has the hallmark radiance Gaitonde’s key works from this important year in his career. Consigned to an attic for many years and discovered during a valuation by one of Sotheby’s New York specialists, the work’s owners were unaware that it was a painting by one of India’s most important artists. Gaitonde will be the subject of ... More |
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Joaquín Torres-García, Composition Constructive, 1931. Est. $700/900,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s spring sale of Latin American Art in New York on 28 and 29 May 2013 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists. This season the auction has a particularly strong selection of 19th-century landscape paintings and 20th-century Surrealism. The sale follows the success of both Latin American Art auctions in 2012 including the record setting May sale. The pre-sale exhibition opens on 25 May. A highlight of the sale is Costa De La Guaira A La Caída Del Sol by Ferdinand Bellermann, one of the most beautiful landscapes of Venezuela ever painted (est. $700/900,000). The painting is a large scale panoramic view in the grand tradition of 19th century traveler landscapes. Bellermann sought inspiration from his oil sketch of the same title which is now in the collection of the Museum of Prints and Drawings in Berlin. Costa De La Guaira A La Caída Del Sol has been ... More |
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Head of William Feaver II, 2008. Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 56.2 cm (20 1/8 x 22 1/8 in). Courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts.
HONG KONG.- Frank Auerbach, one of Britain’s most accomplished living artists, will have his first solo exhibition in Asia at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Hong Kong from 22 May 2013. By concentrating solely on a select group of portrait paintings and drawings, from the 1970s to the present day, this exhibition demonstrates the remarkable insight of a famously hermetic artist. Running concurrently at the gallery with the exhibition NOT VITAL: Landscapes, both shows will open during Art Basel Hong Kong. At the age of 82, Auerbach is one of the few remaining British painters of his generation, which included his close friend and colleague Lucian Freud. For more than fifty years Auerbach has worked in the same modest studio in north London with diligence and an almost monastic absorption. Most of Auerbach’s models have been sitting for him for decades, and so his oeuvre serves ... More |
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Christie's "Out of the Ordinary" sale features giant celebrity roboto from the 1950s |
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Asian decorative arts on the auction block in June at Bonhams in San Francisco |
Titian, The Death of Actaeon, about 1559-75. Oil on canvas, 178.8 x 197.8 cm© Bought with a special grant and contributions from The Art Fund, The Pilgrim Trust and through public appeal, 1972.
LONDON.- Titian’s Diana and Callisto, acquired for the nation in 2012, will be the subject of an exciting new National Gallery venture. Visitors to arts festivals this summer can step inside a mobile cinema truck, sit under a star-studded canopy and watch a short film that approaches Titian’s work from a 21st-century perspective. They can learn about the goddess Diana and the nymph Callisto, and discover how the painting remains a powerful source of inspiration for a wide range of people today – including poets, artists, schoolchildren and curators. Three Titian paintings are reproduced on the side of the truck as if on a gallery wall, with the images in 3D frames. Supported by the Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for art, 'The Titian Experience' truck will appear at Hay, Grassington, Buxton and Latitude festivals between May and July 2013. The project supports the National Gallery’s aim to promote th ... More |
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One of the most extraordinary items in the sale is Cygan, a giant robot made in 1957. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
LONDON.- Christie‟s Out of the Ordinary sale on 5 September 2013 will feature an eclectic selection of fascinating items, spanning all eras from the prehistoric natural world to the surreal realm of science fiction. Building on the success of The London sale and summer exhibition held in 2012, this unique auction will be preceded by an extended public exhibition displaying the intriguing items for five weeks from 5 August until the auction on 5 September. The exhibition will offer inspiration to those with a range of interests and will appeal to new and established collectors. Out of the Ordinary will comprise over 150 lots ranging from £1,000 to around £100,000 and will entice collectors with all budgets. One of the most extraordinary items in the sale is Cygan, a giant robot made in 1957. Created in the year that Sputnik, the world‟s first satellite was launched into space and the same year Britain tested the H-bomb, Cygan epitomises this new era of technological innovation. The e ... More |
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A miniature gold and silver damascened iron cabinet. Meiji period. 7 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/8in (18 x 11.3 x 8.1cm) high. Est: $800-1,200. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Following close at the heels of the smash success of the decorative Asian sale held this past March, Bonhams announces its Asian Decorative Arts auction in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 25. The auction will take place just a day after the firm’s fine sale of Asian art, and will be sure to attract both Bonhams’ veteran clients and newcomers to the Asian art world alike. The auction will include more than 700 lots of predominantly Chinese ceramics, decorative arts and paintings - but also artwork from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries and regions, from private collections and estates, institutions and non-profit organizations. The works to be found in this sale encompass a wide range of materials, dating from the Neolithic period (about 4,000 BC) to the 20th century, all set at conservative estimates to encourage participation from worldwide buyers. Just one of the many highlights from the sale will be a miniature famil ... More |
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 Brooklyn artist Valerie Hegarty creates installations in Brooklyn Museum Period Rooms
BROOKLYN, NY.- Brooklyn artist Valerie Hegarty created a series of installations in two of the period rooms of the Brooklyn Museum, the latest in a series of such interventions by several artists. On view May 17 through December 1, 2013, Valerie Hegarty: Alternative Histories address themes of colonization, the idea of Manifest Destiny, and repressed history. The ground floor of the Cupola House, built around 1725 in Edenton, North Carolina, now installed in the Brooklyn Museum, features a parlor with elaborate Prussian blue woodwork that is the setting for one of Hegarty’s installations. This intervention includes a floor work consisting of a deteriorating Native American patterned rug that appears to have grass, roots, and flowers growing from distressed areas. Through this rug Hegarty also examines the history of the Pendleton wool company. Blankets produced by Pendleton featured ... More Groundbreaking exhibition presents works by Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi together for the first time
ANN ARBOR, MI.- The University of Michigan Museum of Art is presenting Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930, an exhibition of drawings and paintings by the two eminent artists seen side-by-side for the first time and the first large-scale exhibition to focus on the fruits of Noguchi’s six-month stay in Beijing in 1930. This exhibition showcases the artists' cross-cultural creative impulses and underscore their respective and lasting influences on contemporary practice worldwide. The exhibition, which is accompanied by a scholarly publication, will travel to The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in New York City and the Frye Art Museum in Seattle following its debut in Ann Arbor, where it is on view May 18 through September 1, 2013. Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930 is organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art in collaboration with The Isamu Noguchi ... More Acclaimed film work by Willie Doherty on view at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
DUBLIN.- A haunting film work by leading Derry-born artist Willie Doherty opens to the public in the Annex at the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s temporary off-site exhibition spaces in Earlsfort Terrace on Tuesday 21 May 2013. Secretion, 2012, first shown to critical acclaim at dOCUMENTA 13, draws on the possibilities of lost and forgotten narratives located somewhere between recent history and a near future. Shot on location in and around Kassel, Germany, the powerful narrative at times presents echoes of Doherty’s earlier work Ghost Story, 2007, pulling personal histories and experience to the foreground of the Kassel landscape. This same landscape served as the backdrop for much of the folklore collected by the Brothers Grimm while they lived and worked in Kassel. Doherty is interested in the relationship between landscape and memory and in working in locations with ... More Martian meteorite expected to bring $160,000+ to lead natural history selection at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- A large end section of a Martian meteorite, packed with olivine and chromite ovoid crystals, is expected to bring $160,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions' Nature & Science Signature® Auction June 2 in Dallas. The auction includes a strong selection of fossils, insects preserved in amber and meteorites in addition to the landmark presentation of The Hoppel Collection, the finest and most comprehensive mineral collection to come to auction in modern times. "The specimens in this sale represent some of the finest fossils, meteorites, and natural history items I have had the privilege to handle," said Craig Kissick, Associate Director of Nature & Science for Heritage Auctions. "This auction will appeal to everyone fascinated by natural history and truly has something for everyone — even those new to this collecting genre." Meteorites from Mars are among the most exotic ... More English photographer Stephen Gill's first retrospective exhibition opens at Foam
AMSTERDAM.- Foam presents the first retrospective exhibition of English photographer Stephen Gill (Bristol, 1971). The Best Before End exhibition comprises a large number of series that Gill has made over the past fourteen years in and around the London Hackney district, as well as recent work being shown for the first time at Foam. The series in the exhibition all endeavour to reflect and respond to various aspects of life in this quickly changing district, which Gill has portrayed over the past years from the micro to macro level. Chronicler, visual poet, anthropologist, sociologist, alchemist and conceptual artist: Stephen Gill is a unique maker of images who is constantly putting the photographic medium to the test and is able to create a visual language where documentary photography, coincidence, experiment and interventions are closely linked. After devoting himself to documentary ... More Design classics with Gatsby flair star in Palm Beach Modern's May 25 auction
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- The Great Gatsby would feel quite at home at Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction. A free-spending millionaire bootlegger, the fictional Jay Gatsby was the quintessential literary embodiment of Jazz Age extravagance. Living a life of unbridled excess, Gatsby decorated his spectacular Long Island mansion with the finest Art Deco furnishings money could buy – the type that have endured to this day as icons of classic design. Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction pays homage to the Gatsby era, with 357 lots of furniture and art objects that perpetuate or complement the Art Deco aesthetic. “Without Art Deco to serve as its inspiration, mid-century modern might never have happened. There is an evolution from Art Deco to Moderne to mid-century design that cannot be denied, and that’s the focus of our next auction,” said Rico Baca, auctioneer at Palm Beach ... More Pope statue unveiled in Italian potato field
NAPLES (AFP).- The first-ever statue of Pope Francis has been unveiled in a potato field near Naples -- an unorthodox homage to the fact that the Argentine pope's ancestors were farmers in northern Italy. The statue will be presented to the pope next month by Italian actor Barbato De Stefano, who comes from the village of Cicciano where it was presented and has financed the project. "The poverty of my village is a treasure for the community in which I was born and grew up," said De Stefano, who praised the pope's own modest demeanour saying he had "pierced people's hearts". The primitive-style statue was shown on Sunday, with a painted background of the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on which the pope stood after his election at a conclave of cardinals in March. De Stefano said that next month he will present the pope with the statue, which has as its background the balcony of St ... More Masterpieces from top-selling artists headline Bonhams Hong Kong auction
HONG KONG.- Bonhams Hong Kong’s 2013 Spring Sale of Fine Chinese Paintings & Contemporary Asian Art on 25 May at the Island Shangri-la Hotel offers 149 lots. In addition to masterpieces from legendary classical and modern artists such as Wen Zhengming, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian and Wu Guanzhong, the sale also features a capsule collection of Contemporary Asian Art carefully curated by the newly established Contemporary Art department. This capsule collection features iconic Chinese and Southeast Asian art and is a harbinger of a more comprehensive offering at the Autumn Auctions which will be held in November. The sale also shines the spotlight on the works of Qu LeiLei, an innovative and influential Chinese contemporary artist who holds an important place in art history. Internationally acclaimed for his ground-breaking work which portrays light and shade ... More Bonhams Spring Auctions to showcase finely crafted horological pieces from celebrated watchmakers
HONG KONG.- Bonhams' Hong Kong upcoming Modern Wristwatches Auction to be held on 25 May at the Island Shangri-La Hotel offers the horological aficionado a tempting selection of modern horological models. From the much-venerated Rolex Paul Newman Daytona (HK$380,000 - 500,000) to the sleek Urwerk Mexican Fireleg (HK$220,000 - 320,000), Bonhams Hong Kong aims to fulfill every collector’s desire for technological innovation and fine aesthetic micro-engineering. The auction offers 220 lots and promises collecting opportunities for every preference and pocket. This season’s auction pays homage to the tourbillon. Meaning ‘whirlwind’ in French, the tourbillon was invented in 1795 by Abraham-Louis Breguet to counter the effects of gravity and other forces that affect the accuracy of timepieces. The F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain à Remontoir d'Egalité avec Seconde Morte ... More Maie Yanni in conversation with artist Hassaan Ali
CAIRO.- How long can you keeping singing a song in your own ancient language for fear that it might soon be forgotten ? How long can you keep recounting stories of your ancestors in the hope of keeping the history of a nation alive? And where do you start to tell the tragic story of a people and a nation that has been displaced and transplanted within the same country without their own consent? In December 1959, Egypt and the Sudan signed the Nile Water Agreement* which allowed the Egyptian Government to construct the famous High Dam at Aswan . The building of the dam caused the flooding of large areas along the Nile in both countries , and some 100,00 people, mainly Nubians , were displaced as the lake behind the dam submerged all village communities between Aswan and the Dal Cataract in Northern Sudan. Hassaan Ali was ten years old when his ... More Original gouache watercolor painting by Alexander Calder soars to $114,000 at A.B. Levy's auction
PALM BEACH, FL.- An original gouache (opaque watercolor) painting by renowned artist Alexander Calder (Am./Fr., 1898-1976), titled Red and Blue Egg, signed in the artist’s hand and dated 1969, sold for $114,000 at a two-session auction held May 5th by A.B. Levy’s, in the firm’s main gallery located at 211 Worth Avenue. In all, over 450 quality lots were offered. The Calder piece was the superstar of the fine art category. Impressive at 29 inches by 42 inches, the work on paper attracted attention because it was an original, not a lithograph, and for its whimsical and colorful qualities. Calder was famous as a sculptor, best known for his kinetic abstract mobiles. But he was also a skilled painter who worked in watercolors, oils and gouache. A standing room only crowd packed A.B. Levy’s gallery, with all 80 seats taken and the spillover forced to participate standing. In addition, over ... More |
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The Story of Art and Friendship: The Collection of Maria Teresea Venturini Fendi – Plinio de Martiis
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Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle (29 October 1930 – 21
May 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, and film maker. Niki de
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Paris, to Count André-Marie Fal de Saint Phalle (1906–1987),
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 poses in front of a statue depicting Pope Francis in a small field of potatoes -to symbolise the Italian Piemont region, where the Bergoglio family comes from- in Cicciano, a small village in southern Italy on May 20, 2013. The statue was shown the day before during the local festival and the inhabitants want to bring it to Pope Francis at the Vatican in June. AFP PHOTO/MARIO LAPORTA.');)
 garden during the Chelsea Flower Show press day in London on May 20, 2013. For this year the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lifted its customary ban on garden gnomes at the Chelsea Flower Show to celebrate its centenary year and raise funds for the next generation of gardeners. The RHS invited celebrities to paint and decorate gnomes to feature at the world famous gardening event, before auctioning the gnomes online to raise funds for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL.');)
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 and his brother Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, walk behind a statue during a visit to Tedworth House, a recovery centre run by the Help for Heroes charity that offers care and support to injured service personnel, in Tidworth, Wiltshire, southern England, on May 20, 2013. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry will officially open four new Help for Heroes recovery centres, which form part of the Defence Recovery Capability. AFP PHOT/POOL/MARK RICHARDS.');)
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