August 21, 2024
European Art

In cities, the tide is rising against gender violence

29 November 2023 Earlier this month, the disappearance and murder of a young Italian woman prompted a collective awakening about an issue that had for long been confined to a dark subterranean corner of the national psyche. The public outcry – and occasional mea culpa – that followed the killing in Italy of 22-year-old Giulia

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Mind game masters

It’s all part of a World Championship battle especially if it goes down to the wire, the last round. Throw a few mind games into the pot, stir them around and see what emerges. The weekend fight for the 2023 title between Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin was never going to be an exception. When

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North Carolina creators pay homage to Native American heritage through art

“We’re not just a part of the history books and the movies and TV — we’re actual people,” he said. “We’re still living and breathing and we’re still singing our songs and doing our dances and living this way of life every day.” Norma Jean Locklear-Richardson is a textile artist and a member of the

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UK cities lag behind European counterparts in public transport commuting – study

A report by think tank Centre for Cities said the number of people travelling to work on buses, trains or trams in Britain’s major urban areas would need to double to catch up with those on the continent. The analysis found that the proportion of residents of Manchester and Birmingham who commute by public transport

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Defender of the faith: Picasso’s grandson assesses the troubled legacy of a legend

“I am fortunate to have contacts in both governments, and it was just a matter of bringing them together,” he says with modesty. It’s not a trait he inherited from his grandfather, who once told a friend, “I am God”. The anniversary programme consisted of 40-plus different exhibitions, most in Spain and France, but others

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Rick Steves Art of the Modern Age

Wednesday, Nov.29, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + YouTube Art tells the rollicking story of our modern age. In “Rick Steves Art Of The Modern Age,” Rick Steves explores how new technologies and social progress spawned a variety of artistic styles during the 1800s: freedom-loving and

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Greece denies promising not to raise Parthenon Sculptures on UK visit

By Henry Zeffman, Harrison Jones & Chris Mason BBC News 28 November 2023, 07:41 GMT Updated 15 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Rishi Sunak cancelled his meeting with the Greek prime minister after it was felt a promise not to publicly discuss the Parthenon Sculptures was broken, Downing Street said. Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the

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The two-state solution is stymied by lack of willpower not knowledge

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a professor of International Relations emeritus at Sciences-Po (Paris) and a former senior adviser to the United Nations secretary-general Before October 7, the world saw Israel as a start-up nation, with a

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The large and fluffy tamale few know

By Eva SandovalFeatures correspondent Hugo Espinoza The tamales are tied and ready to steam (Credit: Hugo Espinoza) An icon in its native land, the Guatemalan tamale is wrapped in a striking green banana leaf that gives way to an airy corn dumpling stuffed with spicy pork, peppers and olives. Deep inside a 6th Century Mayan

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AWS is the preferred cloud provider for SCAYLE, the commerce platform built for retailers, by retailers

HAMBURG, November 28, 2023: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that it is the preferred cloud provider for SCAYLE, the commerce platform spun off by the ABOUT YOU Group as a stand-alone business and SaaS solution. ABOUT YOU Group, which grew at an annual rate of more than

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