A woman has slashed a painting by Roy Lichtenstein in an Austrian museum. “Nudes in Mirror – which was insured for $6m (£3.2m) – was damaged but not destroyed in the incident. Police said a 35-year-old woman, from Munich, in Germany, pulled a knife from her bag and slashed it four times on Saturday afternoon. She was stopped by visitors and staff at the Kunsthaus Bregenz museum.”
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Turner Wins Greatest British Painting
A painting by JMW Turner has won a poll to find Britain’s Grreatest Painting. “The full title of Turner’s painting, completed in 1839, is “The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838″. The 98-gun ship Temeraire played a distinguished role in Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.”
Napster Users Ditch CDs
Heavy-duty music downloaders say they’re no longer buying CDs. “Some 150,000 of Napster UK’s 750,000 members say they no longer buys CDs, the company has revealed. And Napster UK manager Leanne Sharman said it was “a matter of time” before downloading overtook high street shops as the most popular way to buy music.”