August 9, 2024
European Artists

Indigenous Kings in Londontown – JSTOR Daily

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Not a feather remains of the Arawak headdress which the seventeenth-century English novelist and playwright Aphra Behn brought back from a trip to tropical Suriname. Neither the turquoise of the tiny cotinga nor the obsidian of the toucan, the jade of the jacamar or

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Visual artists

Are Museums With Us or Against Us?

Kuba Szreder has a plan for museums that would like to do the right thing Museums and art centres have a choice: they can either reproduce extractivist institutional models based on the exploitation of artistic ecosystems, labour and commons, or engage in building more interdependent, socially inclined and equalitarian art economies. Just like individual art

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Artists

Xiaohe Township in C China makes great efforts to promote local artists -Xinhua

A deliveryman is about to put oil painting works into his tricycle at Wushi Museum of Contemporary Art in Xiaohe Township of Liuyang, central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 8, 2023. More than 400 villagers in the town, who take the brush and create paintings when there is not much work to do in the farmland,

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European Art

Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’

inVerse Films William Shakespeare’s portrait is seen on the edge of space in a still from the short film “Lovers and Madmen.” CNN  —  William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years

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Art Investment

Mission Produce to Participate in the Stephens Annual Investment Conference

OXNARD, Calif., Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mission Produce, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVO) (“Mission” or the “Company”), a world leader in sourcing, producing, and distributing fresh Hass avocados with additional offerings in mangos and blueberries, today announced Steve Barnard, Chief Executive Officer, and Bryan Giles, Chief Financial Officer, will be participating in the Stephens Annual

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European Artists

Downtown Phoenix hotels in walking distance of Footprint Center

Footprint Center, the downtown Phoenix basketball arena that’s home to the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and concerts by the Jonas Brothers, Tool (who will return for two shows in 2024) and Rod Stewart, is within walking distance of at least 10 hotels. Suns fans will swarm the arena for home games throughout the NBA season,

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European Fine art

What Happens After Art Is Stolen

A work of art has been stolen from your home, and your first question likely has a lot to do with who might help you get it back. The police? The FBI? Your insurance carrier? Interpol? The Art Loss Register? A private detective? The answer is that all of these entities may eventually be involved

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European Fine art

Indian Painting (Part-I)

Indian Painting (Part-I) For Prelims: Indian Painting, Mughal and Rajput style, Principles of Painting, Rock paintings of Bhimbetaka, Painted pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation, Rupabheda, Sadrisyan, Bhava, Varnikabhanga, Pramanam, Lavanyayoganam, Lepya Chitra, Pre-Historic Painting, Petroglyphs, Zoo Rock Shelter, Mural paintings, Ajanta Cave Paintings, Ellora Cave Paintings, Armamalai Cave Paintings, Jogimara Cave Paintings, Miniature Paintings,

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Art Investment

Monro, Inc. to Participate at the Stephens Annual Investment Conference | Business

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 8, 2023– Monro, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNRO), a leading provider of automotive undercar repair and tire services, today announced that Michael T. Broderick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Brian D’Ambrosia, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Felix Veksler, Senior Director of Investor Relations, will participate in a Fireside Chat at the

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Artists

The First Museum Retrospective on A.I. Artist Alexander Reben Explores His Playfully Conceptual Creations

On View Reben has also become the first resident artist at OpenAI. Installation view of “AI Am I? Artificial Intelligence as Generated by Alexander Reben” at the Crocker Art Museum. Photo courtesy of Crocker Art Museum. Artist Alexander Reben is getting his first major retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum, on the heels of becoming

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