Organisers of Upfest, the annual street art festival in South Bristol which is Europe’s biggest event of its kind, have launched a crowdfunder with a £20,000 target to bring the event back next year. Upfest didn’t take place this summer with organisers explaining that spiralling costs were hitting the budgets of the event. The festival
Cork South-West TD Michael Collins will lead a new political party, it has been announced. The Electoral Commission today announced that Mr Collins would lead and Limerick County TD Richard O’Donoghue would be the General Secretary of the Independent Ireland party. Limerick TD Richard O’Donoghue is one of two serving TDs in the new party.
WLP (Weerts Logistics Park) a Belgian-Hungarian-owned company known throughout Europe for building state-of-the-art warehouses, and RaktárAD has launched its third investment in Hungary in Vecsés (near Budapest) with the support of the government. The largest area of the group’s environmentally friendly logistics park is occupied by the future plant of Magna, a Canadian-based car parts
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): A decorative fish breeding company from Japan showed interest in setting up operations in the country. Director and Chairman Yoshida Shinichi from CYCLO Inc, known for producing nishikigoi (ornamental fish) as well as fish feed, paid a courtesy call to Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Seri Setia Dr
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save NEW YORK — Picasso studies, and exhibitions, seem increasingly like shale-oil extraction: It takes ever-greater investment and resources to extract a diminishing supply of the desired product. “Picasso in Fontainebleau,” a midsize show at the Museum of Modern Art, digs deeply into just a few
Ken Gun Min is a daydreamer. “I have one foot in reality and the other in fantasy,” the painter says as he sits on the floor of his Koreatown studio and sews beads onto a finished canvas. “I have a fantasy-oriented brain. I am constantly daydreaming and creating stories.” Walking through his 1920 Spanish home
Warsaw, Poland (Urban Transport News): In a groundbreaking move, the Polish government has given the green light to the CPK rolling stock resolution, signaling a significant leap forward in the country’s high-speed rail (HSR) ambitions. The CPK rolling stock company is set to acquire over 100 electric multiple units, transforming the landscape of rail travel in
Artists of the period found inventive ways of responding to and confronting an atmosphere of fear and oppression Abstraction (detail; 1949–50), Willem de Kooning. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ‘Four things to see this week’ is sponsored by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app. Bloomberg Connects lets you access museums, galleries and cultural spaces
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The walls in the restricted-access conservation rooms at the very top of the National Gallery, in London, are painted darkest matte black. The inky hue absorbs any reflection from the sunlight that streams in from the skylights,