Medicine cannot cure all diseases, but one simple yet powerful tool – art – can help patients and doctors alike, writes Dr Mogeshni Govender. I just could not stop looking at the painting. It was large, placed in prime position behind the head of unit’s desk, such that you couldn’t not look at him, without looking
Robbin Mele Gaudieri, who, as Robbin Bain, embodied traditional women’s roles as the winner of a beauty contest designed to promote beer in 1959 and later as the “Today Girl,” handling fashion and beauty segments, on the popular NBC-TV morning show, died on Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 87. Her
The marches reflected growing disquiet in Europe about the mounting civilian casualty toll and suffering from the Israel-Hamas war, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, including France. The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,448, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In Israel, more than 1,400 people have been
Media Building of Riga Art and Media School / MADE arhitekti © Madara Kuplā + 21 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1008869/media-building-of-riga-art-and-media-school-made-arhitekti © Madara Kuplā Text description provided by the architects. Nominated for European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture ― Mies van der Rohe Awards 2022. The new building defines the entrance
Paul O’Brien, 56, from Uxbridge, west London, arranged for the transportation of cocaine and 900,000 euros in cash from the Netherlands to the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Working alongside Irishman Thomas Maher, 40, he used encrypted phone network Encrochat – which was accessed by law enforcement agencies across Europe earlier this year
CROSS-STITCH, by Jazmina Barrera. Translated by Christina MacSweeney. Needlework is often depicted as a peaceful activity: feminine, unthreatening, decorative. Yet in Jazmina Barrera’s understated and lovely debut novel, “Cross-Stitch,” translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, embroidery is revealed to be as quietly brutal as young womanhood, despite the shroud of innocence society often places
12 October 2010 – On 4 November, Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art auction will feature select works by important and popular artists, schools and styles of the genre. The curated sale, consisting of 82 lots with a pre-sale estimate of $20/30 million*, contains eight works with high estimates at or above $1 million*, and will
The comprehensive exhibition showcases the life and work of one of the most influential and best-loved European modernists. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) joins forces with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York to present a comprehensive exhibition of one of the great innovators of European abstraction, Vasily Kandinsky. The largest
1 hour ago Image caption, Grey gable walls, such as this one on Union Street in Belfast, are much-sought-after canvases for street artists Once considered the scourge of towns and cities, graffiti and street art are now making properties hot in Belfast. Walk through parts of the city centre and its offshoots and you’ll see
Sunday marks one year until Election Day in the United States. So it is time to resume TWE’s quadrennial roundup of foreign policy issues making news on the campaign trail. Assuming my schedule cooperates, I will be back each Friday with a new installment. To kick things off, here are three general points to keep