This year’s biennial is the most Asia-focused to date, featuring at least 19 artists representing Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and overseas Chinese, as well as major contingents from southeast Asia and the Middle East By David Frazier / Contributing reporter The Taipei Biennial has served as Taiwan’s major portal to the global art world and
Courtesy the Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art is doing so many interesting things right now—a “Manet/Degas” doubleheader, a sprawling Jacolby Satterwhite commission, and a show about Africa and the Byzantine Empire, to name just three—that it is easy to forget the most exciting one of them all: a sweeping rehang of its European paintings
This week on Inside Appalachia, Karly Hartzman of Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, talks about songwriting, place and spending a lot of time with a band on tour. We also meet Emily Jones Hudson, who started a workshop to try and reinvigorate quilting in her community in Kentucky. Also, we check in with the Alabama Astronaut and
A display of low-value coins from Greece helps illustrate how money became part of ordinary peoples’ everyday lives during economic transformation in medieval Europe. American Numismatic Society / Alan Roche As trade expanded, banks were established and currency production surged, medieval Europe experienced a major transformation: Suddenly, money was everywhere in daily life. However, although
COMPETITION STATE AID Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.109167; SA.106554 & SA.108989 Commission approves amendments to Spanish State aid scheme, including €5.61 billion budget increase, to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs (SA.106491) – Midday Express Commission approves changes to
We are just 48h away from the plenary vote on the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in the European Parliament and, if the right amendments are supported, this vote will mark an important step towards beverage packaging circularity. Nicholas Hodac is Director General of UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe. UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe
The artist Betye Saar lives less than two miles from the bars, billboards, and bustle of Los Angeles’s Sunset Boulevard, but her home, in Laurel Canyon, seems far removed from Sunset’s gleaming capitalism and packaged sex. Saar’s studio and house, where she has lived for more than sixty years—she is now ninety-seven—are dedicated to history,
NCC has been awarded a €104 million contract to build a cutting-edge wastewater treatment plant near the Swedish capital, Stockholm. An impression of the proposed water treatment plant in Margretelund, Sweden. Image: NCC The plant, in Margretelund, Åkersbergaater, is being developed by the water and sewage company Roslagsvatten, and will take over from an existing
Spc. Austin Dix monitors the spectrum on the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction system. (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL HOHENFELS, Germany- Advanced Dynamic Spectrum Reconnaissance (ADSR) is a standout example of the success of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command and the Army Research Laboratory Pathfinder program has had empowering Soldiers and researchers to
In keeping with its 30 years of active cultural patronage, Societe Generale has made a commitment to Villa Albertine, a cultural institution of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in the United States. By becoming a Major Partner of the Villa’s residencies for three years, the Group will support