The bodypainting and the flower heads of the Surmas / Suris.

Giovanna Aryafara is an Australian artist and photographer, passionate about the people of Surmas / Suris. The tribe inhabits the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia and their characteristic is the body painting and the flower heads. https://www.facebook.com/Giovanna-Photography-188372111890186/ https://giovannaphotography.com/ © Giovanna Aryafara Photography (all rights reserved / All rights reserved)

May 29, 2021 0

Greek Fig Spoon Sweet

Around this time of year, women in Greece make this delicious spoon sweet! So do we, EVERY YEAR!

May 21, 2021 0

Authentication of art works: the state of things and future perspectives

New technologies quickly come to the market and we can no more imagine our life without them. The art field is not an exception. ArtLaw.club had the privilege to talk to the art historian and curator, ICRA (International Catalogue Raisonné Association) founding member and the expert in modern and contemporary Italian art, Dr. Sharon Hecker,... Continue Reading →

May 19, 2021 0

Explore fantastic examples of storytelling with digital culture

Digital storytelling is the topic in focus this month on Europeana Pro, as we hear from the Europeana Network Association’s Task Force on Europeana as a ‘powerful platform for storytelling’. Today, they share the digital storytelling examples they collected from around the web - and around the world - as a longlist and three detailed case... Continue Reading →

May 16, 2021 0

The V&A museum unveils new Raphael gallery

Here’s your first look at the refreshed gallery, home to the iconic #RaphaelCartoons (on loan from Royal Collection Trust), before we reopen on Wednesday 19 May. Together with enhanced interpretation and state-of-the-art lighting, you’ll lose yourself in Raphael’s extraordinary detail. Read more and book your free timed ticket now: https://fal.cn/3fc1h The Raphael Cartoons are a set of seven full-scale designs... Continue Reading →

May 13, 2021 0

Sotheby’s to Sell $25 M. Kandinsky Painting Once Owned by Solomon R. Guggenheim

Wassily Kandinsky, Tensions calmées, 1937.COURTESY SOTHEBY'S Ahead of its New York sales this week, Sotheby’s has unveiled an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that will be auctioned during its Impressionist and modern art evening sale in London on June 29. Tensions calmées (1937) will be on view to the public at Sotheby’s New York headquarters until May 12,... Continue Reading →

May 12, 2021 0

Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico City’s Vaccination Sites

To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers. Lucha Libre wrestlers and a band performing at a vaccination center in Mexico City.Credit...Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times MEXICO CITY — Someone in a Charlie Brown costume frantically waves hello. A person... Continue Reading →

May 12, 2021 0

Join the Europeana Symposium ‘Research and digital cultural heritage: new impact horizons’

On 11 and 12 May 2021, Europeana will bring together cultural heritage professionals, policy makers, academics and researchers to discuss impact horizons of research when nurtured by digital cultural heritage. The organisers explain where the idea of a symposium came from and how its programme took shape. The Europeana Impact Playbook was conceived to support cultural heritage... Continue Reading →

May 8, 2021 0