February 8, 2025

European Fine art

European Fine art

Multimedia exhibit at Landmark College explores the human condition

PUTNEY — The Fine Arts Gallery at Landmark College is currently exhibiting multimedia works of art by six artists, all centered around the human form. Curated by Landmark College Associate Professor of Arts Samuel Rowlett, “This Mortal Coil” opened on Sept. 22, and will be on display through Jan. 22. Visitors can view it daily,

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Sweden shows how difficult it can be in reality

Scotland has become the latest country to adopt a feminist approach to its foreign policy. International Development Minister Christina McKelvie made the announcement at a forum on women’s leadership in Iceland on Monday, and although Scotland has a limited foreign policy scope under its devolved agreement with London, McKelvie says it was important to refocus efforts.

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UPDATE 1-UK’s Badenoch to attend trans-Pacific CPTPP meeting on sidelines of APEC

(Adds date of CPTPP meeting) By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – British Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch plans to attend a meeting of a major trans-Pacific trade pact, which does not include the United States, on Wednesday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. It will be

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Ukraine and Poland fail to reach agreement over border protests

The Ukrainian and Polish governments once again failed to make progress in stopping a week-long protest of Polish truckers at Ukraine’s border, Reuters reported on Nov. 14 citing a Ukrainian official. The protesters are demanding renewed restrictions on the number of Ukrainian trucks permitted in Poland. They are also calling for a ban on transportation

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UK’s Sunak to learn fate of Rwandan migrant deportation plan

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will learn on Wednesday whether his government can finally go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda when the UK Supreme Court gives its verdict on the scheme’s lawfulness. Sunak is seeking to overturn a ruling in June

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Harriet Backer’s music of light

The exhibition is a collaboration between the National Museum and Kode Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen. It travels to Stockholm in the new year, and then to the Musée d’Orsay, before returning to Norway via Bergen in spring 2025. It’s a significant moment for an artist whose work has not been seen on any

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AMD-Powered Frontier Remains Fastest Supercomputer in the World

The Top500 organization released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, with the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer retaining its spot at the top of the list with 1.194 Exaflop/s (EFlop/s) of performance, fending off a half-scale 585.34 Petaflop/s (PFlop/s) submission from the Argonne National Laboratory’s Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer. From a report: Argonne’s submission,

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Songsforstarlings at Aliona Ortega Fine Art

Richard Butler with his paintings. Photo courtesy of the artist and Aliona Ortega Fine Art, Miami.  By WENDY M. BLAZIER November 14, 2023   “When I was a child in rural England, starlings would flock in the thousands on telephone wires. It presaged the beginning of winter, and it invoked a certain sense of melancholy. I

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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Gratefull luncheon, Christmas markets, Chattanooga Fashion Expo

Advertisement Advertisement November 14, 2023 at 2:42 p.m. by Sam Still Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Visitors walk down a path lit by glowing giraffes as part of the Asian Lantern Festival at the Chattanooga Zoo in 2022. Chattanooga Zoo, 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave., will host the Asian Lantern Festival beginning 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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UK’s Badenoch to attend trans-Pacific CPTPP meeting on sidelines of APEC

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – British Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch plans to attend a meeting of a major trans-Pacific trade pact, which does not include the United States, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. It will be Britain’s first attendance at a meeting of

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