August 9, 2024
Visual artists

Sixth visual arts exhibition opened

QM to open contemporary art exhibition in China “Watering the Desert | Contemporary Art from Qatar” will be the first large-scale exhibition of Qatari and Qatar-based contemporary artists to be presented in China, Qatar Museums (QM) announced Sunday.Curated by the QM’s Issa al-Shirawi and Maryam Hassan al-Thani, the exhibition organised in collaboration with Yuz Museum,

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Artists

Author and Historian Jon Meacham to Speak at Artists Series

Courtesy of Marshall Artists Series Jon Meacham The Marshall Artists Series will kick off its new Masters at Marshall – Distinguished Speaker Series with a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham on Friday, Nov. 10.  Meacham’s topic for the evening is “Hope Through History: How to Endure and Prevail When Everything Appears Hopeless.” He

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David Fincher Wants Hollywood Back to Work – The Hollywood Reporter

From left, all wearing Gucci: A$AP Rocky, Jodie Comer, Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno, Julia Garner and Elliot Page at the LACMA Art + Film Gala Saturday night. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images “I’ve never seen so many celebrities together in one place in my life,” said an artist at the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala on

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European Artists

Travel notes: Discovering the less-visited Baltic countries

Song Festival grounds today. Poster photo of Song Festival Grounds when full of people singing. Visiting the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was an eye-opener. Under Soviet occupation from 1945 to 1991, they achieved independence from the USSR via the Singing Revolution and the Baltic Chain – accomplishing a virtually bloodless break-away.

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Art Investment

GreenLine to invest ₹5,000 cr to acquire LNG trucks for green logistics

NEW DELHI :Green mobility solutions provider GreenLine is planning a big-ticket expansion of its two-year-old logistics services operations, investing about ₹850 crore to add 1,000 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks to its fleet in this financial year. It will further invest over ₹4,000 crore in FY25 to raise LNG truck deployment by any another 5,000

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Artists

Artists, new & established, have their say in a range of media in community exhibit – BG Independent News

By DAVID DUPONT BG Independent News The newest art event in Bowling Green made its debut Saturday evening. The Community Art Show presented by the Bowling Green Arts Council opened with a reception. The show is on display in the rear space in Coyote Beads, 178 S. Main St. during store hours. The exhibit “is

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European Fine art

Coming Attractions: November 5 through 21 — What Will Light Your Fire

Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. Film A scene from I Like Movies, screening on November 9 at the Boston Jewish Film Festival Boston Jewish Film Festivalthrough November 12Multiple Venues BJFF showcases a global selection of

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Art Investment

Art Beat Q and A with author Graham Zimmerman: ‘A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains’

Graham Zimmerman (Photo by Chris Wright) 6:30 – 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 7 Edmonds Waterfront Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds In his debut book, A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains, renowned alpinist Graham Zimmerman grapples with how to reconcile the love of outdoor adventure with the cost of such endeavors, both human and

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European Artists

Annual revenue from music copyright climbs to $41.5bn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Annual revenues generated by music copyright have grown to $41.5bn globally on the back of continued growth in streaming and a post-pandemic resurgence in public licensing in concerts and hospitality. A report by Will Page,

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European Fine art

America is Seeing a ‘Dramatic Rise’ in Home Schooling

“Home schooling has become — by a wide margin — America’s fastest-growing form of education,” according to a new analysis by the Washington Post. (Alternate URL here): The analysis — based on data The Post collected for thousands of school districts across the country — reveals that a dramatic rise in home schooling at the

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