Melany Perez My father is both the easiest and most difficult man to shop for. A mere four gifts are reliable: Thorlo tennis socks, Dunlop double-yellow squash balls, high-quality polo shirts or Ralph Lauren “Andrew-cut” chino shorts (which they don’t make anymore – but getting the “9-inch Stretch Classic Fit Chino Short” hemmed is a
The full title of the painting by Clara Peeters is Still life of roses, carnations, tulips, narcissi, irises, love-in-a-mist, larkspur, and other flowers, in a wicker basket, with a butterfly and a cricket. Sotheby’s For nearly 100 years, a still life by Flemish painter Clara Peeters, a forgotten 17th-century master, hung in a private collection in Belgium.
The president of tech giant Microsoft said there is no chance of super-intelligent artificial intelligence being created within the next 12 months, and cautioned that the technology could be decades away. From a report: OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman earlier this month was removed as CEO by the company’s board of directors, but was swiftly reinstated
The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) announced today, after a comprehensive search, the appointment of Catherine Sinclair as its new Director, Exhibitions, Conservation and Production. In this role, Sinclair will oversee the strategic vision, development and implementation of the NGC’s Ottawa-based and travelling exhibitions, its collection installations and supporting services. She will join the Gallery
Home News Over 1,000 signatories back Global Call to embed Culture into Climate Policy at COP 28 November 30, 2023 | Posted in Climate As we embark on COP 28, leading voices from cultural heritage, the arts, and creative sectors have united behind a campaign to ask the UN Climate Change Convention to put culture
Breadcrumb Trail Links Local Arts Published Nov 30, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 4 minute read Roxane Shaughnessy, curator with the Textile Museum of Canada, stands in the new exhibition Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios in the Glenbow at the Edison on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Gavin Young/Postmedia Gavin Young/Postmedia Reviews and recommendations
In the Now unites nearly fifty women artists who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself. The first museum survey of photography-based works by women artists born or based in Europe, this exhibition interrogates the continent’s legacies of nationalism and patriarchal power structures—which continue to shape everyday life,
© Mikhail Karikis A new installation by international artist Mikhail Karikis is to open at Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG). This January, THG will feature the first UK showing of ‘Acoustics of Resistance’, a new project by internationally recognised artist Mikhail Karikis focusing on the climate emergency. Combining visualised climate data,
The Spanish government, under socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has banned Catholic protesters from praying the rosary outside of the headquarters of the governing Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as protests against the government’s proposed amnesty for Catalan separatist coup plotters continue. A report from the Spanish-language Catholic news outlet ACI Prensa has claimed that a
Inflation for the 20 countries using the euro currency fell from an annual 2.9% in October, according to numbers released on Thursday by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency. It is a far cry from the peak of 10.6% in October 2022 as an energy crisis left Europe’s households and businesses struggling to make ends