#HereForCulture ๐Choose people wisely๐
๐ดSurround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren't in.
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๐ผ"Still Life"
by Artist Ans Debije
Private Collection
#HereForCulture โค๏ธWishing you the hope and beauty of springtime and the promise of brighter days.
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๐ป๐๐๐ผProf. Panagiota Nikolopoulou
Digital Culture Network Arts
#HereForCulture ๐๐ธ April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
(Sonnet XCVIII)
William Shakespeare , Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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๐ผLEONARD MANASSEH (1916-2017)
Daylight dated 20 Apr 2012
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and correcting fluid
Royal Collection Trust
Buckingham Palace, UK
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Artist: Yannick Ballif๏ผFrench, 1927-2009)
Red Planet, Acrylic Monoprint with India Ink, circa 1975.
Private Collection
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April is just around the corner, but until it arrives, enjoy the vibrant color of this great heron.
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ฮญฯฯฮดฮนฯฯ, -ฮฟฯ
m. (erodios) = heron
Greek Carnelian Scaraboid Depicting a Heron, c. 450-430 BC.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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๐ป๐๐๐๐ฉProf. Panagiota Nikolopoulou
'Revel in Samuel Beckett's riveting journey into the human soul.'
A 50-minute theatrical experience directed by Stockard Channing and starring David Westhead. Krapp's Last Tape is on in Ipswich 27th - 28th March.
๐www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/krapps-last-tape/
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#HereForCulture Happy Spring Equinox !
#HereForCulture "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give".
Winston Churchill
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Heart-shaped window at Portuguese sculptor Josรฉ de Oliveira Ferreira's workshop/home in Miramar, Portugal.
'Kick off spring with a little creativity!'
See what's on offer from Rural Arts in North Yorkshire. This weekend you could join the Taste of Art: Spring workshop or enjoy a performance of Juliet and Romeo!
๐ www.ruralarts.org/whats-on/wor...
๐ www.ruralarts.org/whats-on/per...
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#HereForCulture "Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead".
James Joyce
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๐ผArtist: Benozzo Gozzoli [1420-1497]
Angels from the Adoration of the magi (1459)
Firenze, Palazzo Medici-Riccardo,
Private chapel
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Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century Makurian wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral within old Nubia in present-day Sudan.
Makuria was a Nubian kingdom located in what is today Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt.
#HereForCulture "The World is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper".
Eden Pillpotts
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Artist: Raoul Dufy
"Floral Still Life" (1932-42),
watercolor, with touches of gouache on cream wove paper,
dim. 64 x 49.5 cm
Private Collection
Celebrate the opening of the latest exhibition at Kettle's Yard on Saturday 14 March with a free tour at 2:30pm! Artists for Kettle's Yard will feature painting, sculpture, photography, and ceramic artworks generously gifted by donors.
๐ www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/art...
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Digital Culture ๐ Digital Art๐
Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence?
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๐ผ Artist: Luiz Carlos Carrera
Creation of paintig using Artificial Intelligence (IA), 2023
Private Collection
Experience opera's biggest stories flipped on their heads at Reimagining the Classics! A joyful and bold reimagining of The Marriage of Figaro is on tomorrow in Nottingham and in Manchester on 14 March. Then Pagliacci is in London on 10 April.
๐ reimagine.streetwiseopera.org/events/
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Mosaic of the Female Musicians, found in a Byzantine villa in Maryamin, Syria late 4th century AD - early 6th century AD.
#HereForCulture "Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again".
Andrรฉ Gide
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๐ผArtist: Georgia O'Keeffe
"Petunias" (c.1925)
Private Collection.
#HereForCulture "We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace".
William E. Gladstone
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Artist: Guercino (1591 โ 1666)
The Persian Sibyl 1647 - 1648,
Musei Capitolini, Roma.
'Fan of spoken word, poetry and new writing? Love theatre, storytelling and politically engaged work? Come and see Please Do Not Touch!'
China Plate Theatre's tour continues tomorrow in Colchester and runs until 13 March. More details๐
chinaplatetheatre.com/whats-on/cur...
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#HereForCulture Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas was born on this day, 1906 in Athens.
๐ผPainter: Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
Vine Leaves II
Colour etching, 35 x 27 cm
National Gallery, Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens.
Inv. Number
ฮ .8572
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Tim Pitsiulak (1967 โ 2016) was an Inuk artist and hunter based in Nunavut, Canada, best known for his large coloured-pencil drawings of Arctic scenery, wildlife, and Inuit culture.
#HereForCulture "The best teachers are those
who show you where to look,
but donโt tell you what to see."
Alexandra K.Trenfor
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๐ผ๏ธArtist: Nikolopoulou Zoe (Greek, b. 1982)
"Contemporary tenebrism and moody abstraction on a Sunday morning", 2026
Private Collection
#HereForCulture "When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not join their chaos".
L.R. Knost
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Artist: Aude Herlรฉdan (French, 1966),
Sensuous, 2024. Mixed Media, 118.4 ร 90.9 cm.
Private Collection