August 21, 2024
European Fine art

Anantara Villa Padierna Palace, Marbella Review

Pablo Picasso changed art for ever. An extraordinary innovator, constantly experimenting and creating, he has left an exceptional artistic legacy. He was born in Malaga, Southern Spain in 1881 and spent his early life in this sun-splashed Mediterranean city.To mark the 50 anniversary of Picasso’s passing, Anantara Villa Padierna Palace, Marbella has created an extraordinary guest

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Fewer People Moving in California Are Moving Into the State Than Anywhere Else

America’s census bureau looked at how many people relocated into each state from another state, compared to the total number of people making a move in that state. The state with the lowest “inmigration” ratio? California. From 2021 through 2022, “California’s inmigration rate was 11.1% last year…” reports SFGate. “For comparison, nearby Oregon had a

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Google Maps’ New Color Scheme Draws Criticism Online

Google Maps has added “a fresh color scheme, including a different look for parks and city blocks,” writes SFGate. “But it’s the changes to the app’s all-important road maps that are rankling online commentators…” Previously, highways and freeways were depicted in bright yellow, which stood out against a stark white grid. Now, the app shows

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Dan Walker opens up about cancer scare

Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker has opened up about a cancer scare from 2012, revealing that his kidneys stopped working. Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast, former BBC Breakfast presenter Walker recalled the frightening moment he was rushed to hospital in Poland and told he had cancer. “I was in Poland a

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Romanians celebrate National Day on 1 December 

For the 6,625-strong Romanian community living in Luxembourg, 1 December – or National Day – is an important celebration with business and cultural events taking place on or around that date. “National Day is a fundamental milestone within the country and for those that are abroad,” says Romanian Ambassador to Luxembourg, Alexandrina-Livia Rusu. The day,

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Meta Knowingly Collected Data on Pre-Teens, Unredacted Evidence From Lawsuit Shows

The New York Times reports: Meta has received more than 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on its Instagram platform since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint against the company brought by the attorneys general of 33 states. Instead,

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Google Confirms Its Schedule for Disabling Third-Party Cookies in Chrome – Starting in 2024

“The abolition of third-party cookies will make it possible to protect privacy-related data such as what sites users visit and what pages they view from advertising companies,” notes the Japan-based site Gigazine. And this month “Google has confirmed that it is on track to start disabling third-party cookies across its Chrome browser in a matter

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Tintin is a masterpiece compendium of the legend, myth & science of the 20th century | by Paul Pallaghy, PhD | Nov, 2023

And it’s hilarious as a bonus. I became a Tintin fan as a kid, sure. But I returned to the world of Herge every few years as an adolescent and even now as an adult. Tintin is the original Indiana Jones. As Spielberg ultimately realized. I’m re-reading Prisoners of the Sun (part 2 after Seven

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Google Maps Error Misleads Row of Cars Into the Mojave Desert

“Every car we were driving with was heading that direction…” Shelby Easler says in a TikTok video, “so we assumed this was going somewhere…” But SFGate reports that instead of a handy “alternate route,” Google Maps was leading her and her two passengers “far off the major highway and into Nevada’s fierce deserts on an

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Young Artists encouraged to enter Bradley Art Prize competition

Renowned artist Terry Bradley has launched the 2024 Bradley Art Prize giving hundreds of budding young artists a new chance to showcase their work in Belfast and Brussels and win a share in a total prize pot worth £4,000 for themselves and their school or college. Following unprecedented success last year and specifically designed to

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