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Marc Chagall & His 12 stained glass windows in Jerusalem

Stained Glass Windows / 5 minutes of reading
In early 1962, renowned artist Marc Chagall stood in the synagogue at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers in Jerusalem. Above him were twelve stained-glass windows that he had designed himself. It was this where he delivered a touching speech. Chagall had an audience of about three hundred people as he installed the windows, including …

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Aleix Plademunt in Dubailand, the world’s most expensive theme park

Photography / 3 minutes of reading
What is Dubailand? After being exposed to numerous renderings and 3d models of Dubailand, a new place near Dubai, photographer Aleix Plademunt decided to visit the place. Dubailand was compiled over a 3-month period that saw Aleix Pledemunt travel across the rich oasis of Dubai, which is a city that has come to be known …

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Shirin Abedinirad & Her 7 best mirror installations

Installations / 9 minutes of reading
About Shirin Abedinirad Who is Shirin Abedinirad? Around the world, artists have experimented with optical illusions. Amongst them is Iranian artist Shirin Abedinirad. Born in 1986 in Tabriz, Iran, she started with a passion for painting, partially inspired by her parents. Both of them highly encouraged her to pursue art as part of her life. …

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North Korea’s Mansudae Art Studio & their overseas projects

Sculptures, Statues / 19 minutes of reading
North Korea’s art export Artwork from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has always been a trademark for modern socialist realism. Although North Korea is well known for being the most secretive nation in the world, the largely unknown nation is certainly not shy when it comes to publicizing their statues, monuments, grand festivals, and …

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Joe Namy’s colorful & oversized curtain partly covers museum

Installations, Textile art / 1 minute of reading
Joe Namy’s curtain installation For his Sharjah Biennial 13 project, artist and composer Joe Namy’s has researched the influence of opera on music in the Arab world. Starting in Egypt with the founding of the Khedivial Opera House in 1869, he has found traces of the art form in Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, and more recently, …

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Abbas Kowsari’s surprising photos of veiled female police squad in Iran

Photography / 1 minute of reading
Tehran’s first all-female police unit In 2003 the first females ever graduated from Iran’s police academy in the capital city Tehran, after undergoing training for three years. Spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei himself had to give permission to Tehran’s police chief Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to create the first all-female police unit. Abbas Kowsari about his project …

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Imran Qureshi’s gruesome-looking installation is much more harmless than you think

Installations / 7 minutes of reading
Imran Qureshi Many art critics widely consider Imran Qureshi to be one of the most influential Pakistani contemporary artists. He has refined the regional and traditionally rooted painting style and took it to the modern day. Style His painting features a unique fusion of the genre’s styles and techniques with the current issues and the …

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