The celebrations and events abound to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci we look into the legacy of the tuscan master. Artists in poland have taken to the street and to social media to protest the decision to remove a Video Installation from the National Museum in warsaw the video in question by a prominent artist natalia l l dates from one Nine Hundred Seventy Three and depicts a young woman eating a banana in a suggestive way well although its been on display for many years conservative authorities have now branded it obscene sparking concerns that artistic freedom is under threat. Occasionally protesting can be a tasty Affair Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish National Museum in warsaw to eat bananas together when you move all in the name of artistic
freedom. We fully reject censorship in arts over the past few years our freedoms have been increasingly compromised and now its our turn at this moment we are protesting a
more pictures of the banana eating protests or is on facebook at culture if anyone wants to have a look at kennedy thanks very much for bringing me that story thank you. well it s exciting times for classical music fans here in berlin as killer potato prepares to take over from so simon rattle as chief conductor of the city s famed berlin philharmonic now on monday to try to announce his plans for the twenty nineteen twenty twenty season which include a european tour and play some heavy emphasis on the works of beethoven for his two hundred fiftieth birthday. here s a petanque oh totally in his element demonstrating the full range of his skill. starting this summer he ll pick up the baton the berlin philharmonic the internationally renowned orchestra elected him in twenty fifteen the expectations and anticipation are high. the maestro is