September 9, 2024
European Artists

Relationship management: The unsung art of optimizing IT teams

Success for an IT leader requires mastering a wide range of skills. One must have technical acumen and business savvy, be a great communicator and problem-solver, and know how to secure funding and capitalize on it. But getting the most out of IT staff and unleashing synergies among IT teams is among the more underappreciated

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Art Investment

FE News | Vaughan Gething welcomes £20m investment by Panasonic at Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies

Global electronics company, Panasonic, has today cemented its ongoing commitment to Wales by announcing an up to £20m investment in its facility in Cardiff. The firm has earmarked the Welsh capital to roll out a state-of-the-art net-zero power system as part of its ambition to use the site as a Centre of Excellence for Green

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Visual artists

Visual artist and business owner Rose Lazar on forging your own path – The Creative Independent

Visual artist and business owner Rose Lazar discusses embracing your interests, starting and running a business, and believing in what you do. When did you first know you enjoyed drawing and that you wanted to take it further than being something you did for pleasure or as a hobby? A few years ago, I found

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Artists

L.A. Artist Craig Kucia Paints Curious Contraptions That Defy Logic

Craig Kucia, 2023. Los Angeles artist Craig Kucia paints idiosyncratic and imaginary machines, tailor-made to solve all our prickliest dilemmas.   The artist’s New York solo debut “Machines to Solve Unsolvable Problems” at Shrine in Tribeca (open through December 9), presents his newest whimsical compositions, paintings that conjure up Rube Goldberg-like mechanisms and promise to

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Art Investment

London’s iconic West End acts as a testing ground for Broadway investment

In London, there are two main theater models. There are not-for-profit venues like the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, and The Old Vic, and commercial theater like in the famous West End. Budgets for shows in the West End can reach millions while on Broadway in New York, the stakes are even higher. LONDON — With

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European Art

Remembering Roger Ward (1954-2023) – KC STUDIO

Roger Ward in Italy (photo courtesy of Alan McDermott) The former curator of European art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art left a magnificent legacy on the museum’s walls Roger Ward, curator of European art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from 1982 to 2001, passed away Aug. 5 at the age of 68 after

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Art Investment

Merex Investment Launches Six-Month Initiative to Nurture Green Revolution Among Students

Dubai-UAE: Merex Investment has launched a six-month sustainability programme at its lifestyle destinations – City Walk and The Beach, JBR – to engage young minds and artists in envisioning a more environmentally conscious tomorrow. The initiative is aligned with the UAE’s efforts towards collective action for the environment as part of the Year of Sustainability.

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European Fine art

Government will do ‘whatever it takes’ to implement Rwanda deportation plan, says immigration minister

Robert Jenrick has vowed the government will do “whatever it takes” to implement its Rwanda deportation plan – following Suella Braverman’s sacking as home secretary. The immigration minister – who kept his job in Monday’s dramatic reshuffle – said the government’s plan “must” go through, “no ifs, no buts”. However, the policy faces a make-or-break

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Artists

Venice restoration of fading Banksy masterpiece sparks anger among artists

The Italian Ministry of Culture wants to restore a work by Banksy, but some artists argue it should be allowed to disappear naturally. ADVERTISEMENT Painted on the wall of an abandoned Venetian palace, Banksy’s 2019 Biennale of Contemporary Art creation, ‘The Migrant Child’, has become a tourist attraction in the City of Canals. However, due

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Visual artists

EU’s Ukraine ammo targets collide with reality – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DRIVING THE DAY        EU’S AMMO TARGETS FOR UKRAINE COLLIDE WITH REALITY: As foreign and defense ministers meet today in Brussels, they face a harsh reality: The growing disconnect between their pledges and their real deliveries of ammunition to Ukraine. A million rounds

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