Stitching change: Moroccan women weave livelihoods through Art
Sidi Rbat, Morocco - In a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to...
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‘Gentle giants’: World’s strongest men defy stereotypes
Sacramento, United States -- Eddie Williams is a schoolteacher from Monday to Friday and a wedding singer on weekends. In...
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2022 edition of Art Dubai largest to date, achieves strong sales
Art Dubai closed its 15th edition on Sunday, with strong sales reported across all four sections of the fair: Modern,...
- The five-day event saw a record attendance of more than 30,000 visitors and more than 120 presentations by 104 galleries and platforms from 44 countries.
- The gallery program was complemented by newly commissioned works from leading international artists and an oversubscribed, innovative talks program,
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Ukraine invasion shows democracy is shaking: Artist
What Ai Weiwei calls the current "crisis of human rights and freedom of speech" is portrayed in a life-size replica...
- He was speaking at the Albertina Modern gallery where the show, "In Search of Humanity", opens Wednesday.
- The new exhibition, which he described as "critical and radical", displays several works that are responses to the experiences of those fleeing war and persecution.
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Art sales hit all-time high in 2021, continue rapid growth in Asia
Art auctions saw a record year in 2021 with $17.1 billion (15.6 billion euros) in sales as the market continued...
- There was also the landmark moment when digital artist Beeple sold a NFT for $69 million, the third-highest figure ever paid for a living artist.
- Contemporary art -- counted as anything created after 1945 -- accounts for a growing share of sales, with 20 percent of the market, up from 3 percent in 2000.
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Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council focuses on palm fiber at Art Dubai
The 15th edition of Art Dubai which displayed findings of its advanced palm fiber research and palm textile prototype, paving...
- Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, an affiliate of the UAE-based NAMA Women Advancement, explored UAE’s relationship with date palm.
- It discussed how such local, environment-friendly materials could pave the way for the creation of a circular economy centered on palm waste.
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Amid NFT boom, artists worry about climate costs
Most NFTs are currently traded on Ethereum, which reportedly uses as much electricity as all of the Netherlands, with a...
- K-pop fans in South Korea last year staged a brutal campaign against plans for popular groups include BTS and A.C.E. to sell crypto-art.
- Selling art as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, uses the same technology as crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. The buyer receives a verified digital token as a mark of genuineness.
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Dubai Fitness Challenge keeps residents hooked to daily workout
Dubai Fitness Challenge, a program launched in 2017 to improve the well-being of the residents, has seen 88 percent of...
- The program has seen the number of participants more than double from 786,000 in its inaugural year to 1,650,000 people in 2021.
- The participants’ overall satisfaction was extremely high for the 5th edition with 93 percent extremely happy with their experience.
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Druze pop star seeks to bridge Palestinian, Israeli divide
Nicknamed “the Druze prodigy” after winning a TV competition aged 12, Sharif — now in his 40s — rose to...
- Nicknamed “the Druze prodigy” after winning a TV competition aged 12, Sharif — now in his 40s — rose to fame with his Mizrahi (Eastern) pop songs in the 1990s in Israel
- The Druze, an Arabic-speaking minority offshoot of Shiite Islam, number around 140,000 in Israel and the occupied Golan Heights
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Struggling Libyan potters showcase wares online
The Libyan city of Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek...
- Potters in Gharyan looks to compete with products made in China, Turkey and Libya's neighbors
- Gharyan's once-prosperous potteries struggles to keep pace with modernization
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World clamors will air hit TV series starring Zelensky
The famous TV series shows Zelensky as a high school teacher propelled to the presidency after a student's video of...
- Broadcasters around the world have been seeking to show Zelensky's TV show 'Servant of the People' in act of solidarity with Ukrainians
- The TV series was first aired in 2015, and its success propelled Volodymyr Zelensky to the presidency in real life
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Iraq’s National Museum reopens after three-year closure
Iraq's National Museum reopened Monday to visitors after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest.
- Treasures dating back 2,500 years to the neo-Assyrian empire alongside 9th century Islamic antiquities went back on display, including two winged bulls from the Nimrud site
- The Iraq Museum was closed three years ago "because of the demonstrations and for security reasons", said Laith Majid Hussein, the head of Iraq's antiquities authority
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Saudi Arabia’s Noor Riyadh festival sets 6 Guinness World Records
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Noor Riyadh Festival 2023 has secured six new Guinness World Records, making it its third consecutive...
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Original Asterix cover for auction despite legal challenge
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book Asterix and Cleopatre was to go under the hammer...
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Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike
Alareer, a professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught Shakespeare among other subjects, was...
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Villa, Maldini visit Jeddah to promote FIFA Club World Cup 2023
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Football stars David Villa and Paolo Maldini visited Jeddah today to promote the 2023 FIFA Club...
- The two stars met with football fans at the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia official pre-tournament roadshow on Jeddah Corniche.
- The roadshow aims to boost fan engagement leading up to the tournament through an array of fun activities.
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Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for fiction
London, United Kingdom - Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet...
- Lynch pipped five other shortlisted novelists to the prestigious award for his dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny
- The prize is one of the world's top literary awards and has propelled to fame countless household names, including Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel
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Head breaks India hearts as Australia win sixth World Cup title
Ahmedabad, India -- Opener Travis Head hit a sparkling 137 to power Australia to a record-extending sixth World Cup title with...
- Chasing a tricky 241 for victory in the final, Australia slipped to 47-3 before the left-handed Head hit his second century of the tournament to steer the team home.
- Head's knock and his marathon stand of 192 with Marnus Labuschagne, unbeaten on 58, ended India's dominant run of 10 unbeaten matches at the event.