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Page last updated at 17:43 GMT, Friday, 2 January 2009
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Matisse sketch stolen in Berlin
Nu au rocking chair by Henri Matisse
More than 30 artworks, including prints by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, have been stolen from a gallery in Berlin.


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Slideshow: Liverpool's year of culture
Lead singer of The Farm, Peter Hooton, considers his city's performance as European Capital of Culture.
Kate Moss at Statuephilia Art review
What happened in the Arts world in 2008?
Mills and Boon mock-up A man's world?
Can a man really write a Mills & Boon romance novel?
Damien Hirst Looking back
Razia Iqbal's cultural highlights of 2008

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RAZIA'S ARTHOUSE BLOG

So, what were your cultural highlights of 2008? Which cultural events passed you by?
Razia Iqbal, BBC Arts correspondent
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