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• Museum displaying entire Boijmans collection to open in world first

  02-11-2021 18:02
  
  Visitors to the Depot in Rotterdam will be able view any of 151,000 items in revered collectionIt is being described as the “museum of the future”, with institutions across the world including London’s V&A set to follow the path pioneered by Rotterdam’s Boijmans Van Beuningen.From Saturday, in what is a world first, the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, will open the Depot, a bowl-shaped warehouse next to the Boijmans museum’s original 1930s building in
  
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• Mirrored bowl ‘museum of the future’ opens in Rotterdam

  02-11-2021 18:02
  
  Visitors will be able to view crown jewels across six floorsIt is being described as the “museum of the future”, with institutions across the world, including London’s V&A, set to follow the path pioneered by Rotterdam’s Boijmans Van Beuningen.From Saturday, in what is a world first, the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, will open The Depot, a bowl-shaped warehouse next to the Boijmans museum’s original 1930s building in which all 151,000 items in its r
  
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• ‘My house fire situation would resemble a comedic skit’: Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s treasures

  02-11-2021 17:30
  
  The Australian sculptor shares his love of textas, finding handmade objects, and the item he most regrets losingRamesh Mario Nithiyendran likes things bright. The Sydney-based sculptor and ceramicist is known for his vivid technicolour creations, which make use of materials as varied as concrete, bronze, fibreglass and LED.Until 13 November, a new exhibition of Nithiyendran’s work will be on display at Sydney art gallery Sullivan+Strumpf. Titled The Guardians, the exhibition is inspired by
  
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• ‘Ecological vandalism’: embattled Queen Elizabeth tribute gets go-ahead

  02-11-2021 16:20
  
  Northumberland landmark, named Ascendant, is intended as tribute for Queen’s platinum jubilee yearFor supporters, the 55m turbine-blade-like sculpture jutting out of an isolated Northumberland hilltop will attract tourists and be a fitting tribute to Queen and Commonwealth.For opponents it will be “ecological vandalism” that spoils the landscape and is an artwork which would not look out of place in Communist-era eastern Europe. Continue reading...
  
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• Adieu gin, au revoir roast beef! How Hogarth became a proud European

  02-11-2021 09:00
  
  His most famous satires are often seen as part Shakespeare comedy, part Carry On film. But Tate Britain’s Hogarth and Europe exhibition shows the artist was no Little EnglanderIn one of his most celebrated paintings, O the Roast Beef of Old England, William Hogarth appears as himself, sketching the fortifications at Calais at the very moment of being mistakenly arrested as a spy in 1748. It is not what you would call a subtle scene. The raggedy French soldiers are on their last legs, barel
  
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• iSing Seeks Executive Director

  02-11-2021 03:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  iSing Silicon Valley, an internationally recognized choral organization that serves more than 300 girls who love to sing, welcomes nominations and applications for the newly created position of Executive Director.The Organizationhttp://www.isingsv.comFounded in 2013 by Artistic Directors Jennah Delp Somers and Shane Troll, iSing serves a diverse population of more than 300 girls in first to twelfth grades, guiding them to discover the power of their voices as they reach for artistic excellence.
  
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