China is feting African leaders at a summit in Beijing aimed at strengthening ties.

'No preaching' and other tactics as China woos African leaders

For more than a decade, Venezuelans have experienced one of the most-severe economic collapses in modern history, which has caused about a quarter of the population to flee the country. Now, a new political crisis might be motivating another wave of mass migration from the South American nation. The country’s...

Nearly half of Venezuelans are considering leaving the country in the coming months, poll says

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Three earthquakes were recorded in Georgia during August, the strongest a 2.4 magnitude which occured far outside of the area where Georgia earthquakes most often occur. The quakes were recorded and reported by the US Geological Survey, which maintains seismograph stations throughout the US.

Rare SE Georgia Earthquake Recorded in August, State's Farthest South in 10 Years

In August 2021, the Taliban regained control of the Afghan capital of Kabul. In the two decades that had passed since their previous rule, a generation of women and girls experienced the gradual but powerful onset of expanded rights and freedoms. After the Taliban’s resurgence, these rights were systematically dismantled vis-a-vis the regime’s strict interpretation of Islamic law.

‘We’ve Been All But Erased from Public Life’: An Afghan Woman Describes Daily Struggles in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

SEOUL.- Thaddaeus Ropac announced international representation of Korean painter and sculptor Lee Kang-So (b.1943, Daegu). Recognised as one of Korea’s foremost contemporary artists, since the 1970s he has worked across photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance, profoundly shaping the evolution of Korean contemporary art. From the early decades of his career, he formulated an experimental practice that developed alongside the legacies of other avant-garde movements, including Mono-ha in Japan, Korean Experimental Art, Minimalism in the United States and Arte Povera in Italy.

Lee Kang-So joins Thaddaeus Ropac

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(JTA) — LUBLIN, Poland  — On a quiet corner of Furmańska Street, dawn breaks to the warm smell of bread wafting from the oldest bakery in Lublin, announced by a sign: “Kuźmiuk Bakery since 1944.” But another bakery was there before 1944, when Furmańska Street belonged to a historic Jewish quarter of this Polish city....

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis

Denver, CO

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A Denver City Council committee will consider Tuesday changing the term “feminine hygiene products” to the more inclusive “menstrual hygiene products” in city sales tax documents.

Denver considers name change for feminine hygiene products

Ingrid Luche, Beauty Mask, 2024. Glazed stoneware, nail polish, glitter, 22,5 x 23 x 3,5 cm. Unique © photo DR, courtesy Air de Paris, Romainville | Grand Paris. PARIS.- The mask is the ultimate anti-object. Semiologists would use the term deictic to describe it — the gesture of a finger pointing over there, somewhere else. Whether it belongs to a Greek tragedy performer, to a member of the Anonymous collective, to an immunocompromised citizen or to a Snapchat user, the mask designates something else than itself, and in so doing it also distinguishes iconophiles from iconoclasts. So, there are two options: will you believe what is represented on its illusionist surface, or will you try to take a peek behind the scenes, even if that means being at risk of succumbing to paranoia? Heads or tails, image or object: perhaps the impasse is due to wanting to stick too closely to the lost origin, to mourning some naked face.

The Air de Paris gallery exhibits around forty masks by Ingrid Luche

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

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An Iranian writer and activist has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after replying with a single dot, or period, in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hossein Shanbehzadeh, a longtime critic of Iran’s leadership, was active on...

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader

Austin, TX

NEW YORK, NY.- On Kilroy Realty’s website, the developer declares that it “has a love affair with great art.”. These days, many builders do. The 36-story Indeed Tower in downtown Austin, Texas, among Kilroy’s projects, has a suspended sculpture of neon lighting by the Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans. The $6 billion Miami Worldcenter, the second-largest urban mixed-used development in the United States behind Hudson Square in New York, has a sprawl of brightly colored artwork and sculptures. At Industry City, a 16-building multipurpose campus in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a rotating display shows the works of hundreds of creators, including French designer Camille Walala and sculptor Dan Lam.

Creating an artistic buzz, one real estate development at a time

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Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

VIENNA.- KunstHausWien announced Anne Duk Hee Jordan. The End Is Where We Start From, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Austria, which will be on view from September 11, 2024–January 26, 2025. Curator: Barbara Horvath. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an...

Anne Duk Hee Jordan's first solo exhibition in Austria will open at KunstHausWien

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Endorsement signed by President Thomas Jefferson declining a summons issued by the Wythe County Superior Court on April 14, 1825, to serve as a witness in a freedom suit, citing his “age and infirmities” (est. $20,000-$40,000). WILTON, CONN.- A one-page typed letter in German signed by Albert Einstein...

University Archives announces Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia auction

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	The National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum has reportedly been looted by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) amid an ongoing civil war in the country. Yusaku Maezawa Suggests DIC Museum Should Sell Works to Japanese Collectors First: 'I Will Be Waiting'




	On Sunday, the SBC, Sudan’s national broadcaster, reported that the museum was targeted by “a large-scale looting and smuggling operation” and that some pieces from its collection had been trafficked outside the nation’s southern border. 




	“Satellite images have confirmed that trucks loaded with items left the museum early this year, heading toward the border with South Sudan,” the report...

National Museum of Sudan Reportedly Looted amid Civil War

On Monday, September 2, a nationalist Turkish youth group assaulted two U.S. soldiers in western Turkey, leading to the arrest of at least 15 individuals, according to the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. The attack took place in the Konak district of Izmir and involved members of the Turkey Youth Union...

Watch: Tensions rise as Turkish nationalist group assaults U.S. soldiers in Izmir

NEW YORK, NY.- Over seven decades, the Abrams family revolutionized the fine art and illustrated book publishing industry, bringing art into the homes of millions through the publication of beautiful and meticulously written books. The art they collected through patriarch Harry N. Abrams and his son Robert [Bob] Abrams was of the same uncompromising quality and scholarly depth, driven by a shared passion for championing artists. This Fall, Sotheby’s will offer works from the Abrams Family Collection, a multigenerational effort that tells the story of one family’s passion for art and for amplifying artistic voices through the power of print, expanding the art historical canon within the 20th Century, and forging friendships along the way.

Sotheby's to offer Abrams Collection, including works by Noguchi and Marisol

New York City, NY

NEW YORK, NY.- When Iria Leino, a Finnish-born painter, died at 89, the rent on her 4,000-square-foot loft in a former knitting factory in SoHo was $650 a month. Leino lived in the same building complex from 1966 until her death of leukemia in 2022. She moved to 133 Greene St. in 1966, when the district was a rubbly artists refuge. Later, she relocated to a sixth-floor unit in the building next door. (Both cast-iron structures were combined into a single co-op, 133-137 Greene St., in the late 1970s. The entrance — and current address — is at 135 Greene St.) As high-fashion boutiques sprouted around her and her neighbors bought and renovated some of the most expensive property in the city, she collected the refunds from cans and bottles and later relied on subsidies from a charitable organization to stay afloat.

A Finnish artist and the apartment and paintings she left behind in SoHo

Matthias Stomer, The supper at Emmaus. Circa 1640. Oil on canvas. 126 × 229 cm. CHF 300 000 / 500 000. ZURICH.- A dramatic masterpiece by Matthias Stomer depicting the Supper at Emmaus is one of the numerous important works to be offered on 20 September. Stomer, one of the most important Dutch painters active in Italy in the first half of the 17th century, was an early follower of Caravaggio, and the master’s influence is clearly visible in the chiaroscuro and powerful lighting employed in this work. In a private Swiss collection since the early 1990s, it will now be offered for CHF 300 000 / 500 000 (lot 3020). Clara Peeters was a pioneer of the hunting still life and one of the most influential female artists of her time. Her still life with a peregrine falcon and its prey is witness to the popularity that falconry enjoyed among the nobility in the early 17th century, and a magnificent example of Peeter’s work (lot 3027, CHF 300 000 / 500 000).

Splendid works from the Baroque at Koller Auctions

- Advertisement - A North Korean soldier in his 20s crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) into South Korea in the Goseong area of Gangwon Province on August 20. According to reports, the soldier deceived North Korean border guards by claiming he was pursuing a deserter, allowing him to evade surveillance and successfully defect.

North Korean soldier pretends to hunt deserter, successfully defects to South Korea

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Gao Zhen, artist who critiqued the Cultural Revolution, is detained in China

NEW YORK, NY.- Gao Zhen, a Chinese artist who has drawn international acclaim for works critiquing the Cultural Revolution, has been detained in China, his brother...

Gao Zhen, artist who critiqued the Cultural Revolution, is detained in China

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