Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, Ad Astra reviewed, Japanese Culture, Shakespeare Folio discovered
Cattelan's solid gold toilet has been stolen from Blenheim Palace and an introduction to Japanese culture ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
A solid gold toilet reputedly worth 拢4.7 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. It's part of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's new exhibition Victory is Not an Option which remains open and combines a retrospective of his work along with some new pieces made especially for the Palace. Art critic Jacky Klein reviews and reports on the latest from the theft.
Brad Pitt stars in the film Ad Astra as an astronaut on a mission to Neptune in order to save the planet from destruction. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews this epic space odyssey.
It's believed that John Milton's personal, annotated copy of an early Shakespeare folio has been discovered. The folio includes sophisticated marginalia that could shed light on the development of Milton as a poet and academics say it could be one of the most important literary discoveries of modern times. Cambridge University fellow Dr Jason Scott-Warren explains his astonishing find.
As the Rugby World Cup heads to Japan, we get a personal introduction to current Japanese culture from Junko Takekawa, from the Japan Foundation, and Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, academic and curator of the recent Manga exhibition at the British Museum.
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Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace
- Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace听runs until 27 October 2019.
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Main image above:听 An installation image of America, a solid gold fully-working toilet by Maurizio Cattelan
Image credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Image to the left: An installation image of Novecento, a taxidermy horse听by Maurizio Cattelan
Image credit: Tom Lindboe, Courtesy of Blenheim Palace Art Foundation
Ad Astra
is in UK cinemas from 18 September 2019, certificate 12A.
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Image: Brad Pitt in Ad Astra
Image credit: 20th Century Fox
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Japanese culture
Find out more about Japanese culture听 - visit events in London and Cardiff
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Image: An Orochi (Giant Serpent) in an Iwami Kagura (shrine ritual entertainment from the Iwami region of Japan).
Image credit: Ai-Kikaku
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