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Jr Creates Incredible Optical Illusion To “Crack Open” Art Museum | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on March 23, 2021 View this post on Instagram A post shared by JR (@jr) The façade of the Palazzo Strozzi has transformed into a giant illusion. In a time when many museums are still shuttered due … Continue reading
Berlin’s plan to return Benin bronzes piles pressure on UK museums
Philip Oltermann in Berlin The British Museum in London holds the single largest collection of Benin bronzes. Photograph: Adam Eastland/Alamy British Museum and Pitt Rivers under pressure to hand back sculptures looted from Nigeria Berlin is negotiating to fully restitute … Continue reading
The Little-Known Story of Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini
A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator in 1926 Violet Gibson, a 50-year-old Irish woman, attempted to assassinate Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926.(Public domain via Italian Ministry of the … Continue reading
UC Berkeley Uses Optical Scanning to Recover Indigenous Voices from Wax Cylinders | Hyperallergic
Among the wax cylinders in UC Berkeley’s Hearst Museum of Anthropology are songs and spoken-word recordings in 78 indigenous languages of California. Frances Densmore at the Smithsonian Institution in 1916 during a recording session with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief for the Bureau … Continue reading
How Similar Are Québec French and Metropolitan French?
“How similar are the French varieties of France and Québec?” That is the question! And in the video I try to answer it. ** For lots of great French lessons for students of all levels, visit FrenchPod101: https://langfocus.com/frenchpod. (Full disclosure: … Continue reading
La langue française: The French Language
This video is all about the French language, its history, and features. Are you learning French? Visit FrenchPod101: https://langfocus.com/frenchpod. (Note: if you sign up for a premium account, Langfocus receives a small referral fee.) Special thanks to Thomas Gabiache for … Continue reading
Common Women’s History Myths We Need To Let Go
for this #WomensHistoryMonth and #InternationalWomensDay let’s have a look at some common fashion- and social-related misconceptions surrounding the rare species called women, also known as Literally Half of The Human Population 😎
Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information | The Guardian
Philip Hoare @philipwhale Wed 17 Mar 2021 07.01 GMT Whalers’ logbooks show rapid drop in strike rate in north Pacific due to changes in cetacean behaviour When facing a human attack, sperm whales abandoned the defensive circles used against … Continue reading
Two Imposing Cubes Covered in Yellow Plastic by Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey Respond to Global Water Insecurity
MARCH 16, 2021 GRACE EBERT “The Wishing Well” (2021) in Coachella Valley. All images © Serge Attukwei Clottey, courtesy of Desert X, by Lance Gerber A mottled patchwork of plastic cloaks two cubes that tower over the desert landscape of … Continue reading
What do Aboriginal People Think of Black Africans
Aboriginal Indigenous People in Darwin Tiwi islands get together and discuss their connection to africa #aboriginal #indiginous #BLM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jouhzu/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Jouhzu/?noti… I went to Darwin and to the Tiwi islands and asked the indigenous people from different tribes what they … Continue reading
Emma O’Sullivan, Galway Ireland
Emma O’Sullivan, Galway Ireland, May 2017. An all-Ireland champion. Part of Kirk Scott’s Meet Me On Music Street project.
