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• Simpsons joke apparently makes its way into Yoko Ono art exhibit in Iceland

  05-11-2016 16:20
  
  In an early episode of the show, an Ono-like character orders a rather unusual drink – which appears at the Reykjavik Art Museum via another artistThe Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s contribution to the Yoko Ono retrospective at the Reykjavik Art Museum looks like the sort of thing you would expect to find in such a setting. Presented on a white, waist-high plinth, the work consists of an upturned black bowler hat filled with perfume, within which rests a single ripe plum. Coul
  
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• Scottish heritage helped build the whisky business. Now it’s payback time | Ian Jack

  05-11-2016 09:00
  
  Diageo should donate Sir Edwin Landseer’s The Monarch of the Glen painting to a museum in ScotlandSir Edwin Landseer’s painting, The Monarch of the Glen, is to be auctioned next month at Christie’s in London and could easily fetch more than £10m. There is global interest. The picture may well end up in a private collection in Britain or abroad, unless an institution such as the National Museum of Scotland thinks it can afford a winning bid, or a UK government committee (t
  
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• Many Theatres To Go Dark Tuesday Night For Election

  05-11-2016 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “While performances have occasionally been called off on past election nights, many more have been canceled this year, as producers bet that it will be tough for music and drama to compete with history. That is partly a reflection of the high interest in the race pitting Donald J. Trump against Hillary Clinton, which has already broken television ratings records at several points. And it is partly a bow to the ascendancy of the smartphone, which has left audiences more connected — an
  
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