Starting Friday, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington will showcase more than 80 videogames in "The Art of Video Games, " one of the first major shows to explore the artistic power of the medium.

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Syria was one of the first centres of Christian art, as a collection of silver objects shows.

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In this game the outcome that shows the greatest mutual trust between the two prisoners is where the first one refuses to confess, and the second does the same.

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BMW, was dreamt up 10 years ago, and while shows featuring industrial design are fairly routine for museums nowadays, this was the first Guggenheim show devoted to one gadget.

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