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Paintings that transcend our vision of increasingly uniform world

September 10, 2021778 Views

Galerie Templon has kicked off the new season in Brussels with the return of Philippe Cognée for his newest series, Eye of the Storm The French painter Philippe Cognée, famous for his inimitable blurred wax technique, unveils a series of fifteen canvases flirting with abstraction. Created over the last year during the pandemic and keeping pace with the successive waves of lockdown, these new series alternate indoor and outdoor scenes. Views of a deserted but strangely serene studio contrast with a number of large impetuous landscapes, drenched in a nature bubbling over with life. Philippe Cognée has long used his painting to explore the shifting contemporary perception of the most ordinary features of our environment, from motorways and supermarkets to anonymous hotel rooms and ...

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Thailand hopes to welcome tourists to Bangkok, top cities next month

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September 9, 20211584 Views

Thailand plans to reopen Bangkok and other key destinations to foreign tourists next month, officials said on Thursday, aiming to revive its battered travel industry after indications the number of new coronavirus infections may have peaked. Bangkok, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Chiang Mai will be added to a programme in which fully vaccinated visitors who commit to a series of tests can enter, under certain criteria, said government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchan. FILE PHOTO: The first foreign tourists arrive at the airport as Phuket reopens to overseas tourists, allowing foreigners fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva The scheme is underway on the islands of...

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Six heliports to be developed in Himachal and Uttarakhand

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September 9, 20211127 Views

About 50 new routes under the government's ambitious plan to link smaller towns and cities to the wider air travel network through the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) will be operational by November-end, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. Scindia announced a 100-day plan for the country's civil aviation sector, including policy measures and development of airports as well as heliports. The plan would focus on 16 areas. Addressing a press conference here, Scindia said the plan has been prepared after "combined consultations". Out of the 16 areas, 8 relate to policy and 4 pertain to reforms. “We have a 100-day plan for the Ministry on the basis of which we'll be answerable to the stakeholders transparently. Under this 100-day target, we have three...

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Activities lined up in J&K to attract tourists

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September 8, 2021974 Views

The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department has lined up various activities, including promoting destination festivals and organising dedicated trekking-expeditions, to attract tourists to the union territory. This was said at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Mehta held to review various activities being undertaken by the Tourism department. Administrative Secretary, Tourism department along with MD, JKTDC, and concerned officers of the department participated in the meeting chaired by Mehta, an official spokesperson said. "The Tourism department is planning to organise various events to attract local and foreign tourists to the Union territory," the spokesperson said. Recently, several roadshows have been organised across major cities of the country to promote touris...

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Virginia to take down Robert E. Lee statue

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September 8, 2021848 Views

A statue of Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee that towers six stories over Richmond, Virginia, in US and was a centerpiece of protests over racial injustice, is coming down this week. The Commonwealth of Virginia has announced that it would remove the 12-ton bronze statue on Monument Avenue on Wednesday, stashing it in a secure state-owned storage site until a decision on its future is finalized. The statue's scheduled takedown in the capital city comes just days after the Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Governor Ralph Northam could remove it because documents controlling its location were outdated. FILE PHOTO: The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart Ruling in two cases, the court had said Governo...

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Curtain Up! Broadway returns with high hopes and touch of butterflies

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September 7, 20211197 Views

Broadway puts on the razzle dazzle this month after an unprecedented 18-month pandemic shutdown, hoping that Americans have missed live theatre as much as actors and producers. A rousing video promotion by Oprah Winfrey, a television special, refundable tickets, and a week of outdoor performances in New York's Times Square will highlight the 18 musicals and five plays that open over the next few weeks. Production Tailor Annette Lovece and Dresser Jimmy O'Donnell adjust an outfit worn by actor Ben Crawford during a fitting at the Majestic Theater in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs "I think audiences are drooling to get back to live entertainment," said Ken Davenport, producer of "Kinky Boots" and "Once on This Island." "One of the best th...

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Venice prepares to charge tourists, require booking

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September 6, 20211017 Views

From a control room inside the police headquarters in Venice, Big Brother is watching you. To combat tourist overcrowding, officials are tracking every person who sets foot in the lagoon city. Using 468 CCTV cameras, optical sensors and a mobile phone-tracing system, they can tell residents from visitors, Italians from foreigners, where people are coming from, where they are heading and how fast they are moving. Tourists ride on a gondola as the municipality prepares to charge them up to 10 Euros for entry into the lagoon city, in order to cut down the number of visitors, in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri Every 15 minutes, authorities get a snapshot of how crowded the city is - alongside how many gondolas are sliding on the Canal Grande, whether boa...

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Israel to reopen for small foreign tourist groups

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September 5, 2021813 Views

Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selective countries to visit from Sept. 19 under a pilot programme to kick-start tourism, the government said on Sunday. Tour groups of between 5 and 30 people from countries on Israel's green, yellow and orange lists will be allowed to enter the country provided all group members have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the tourism ministry said. FILE PHOTO: Beachgoers hang out on the shore of the Mediterranean sea in Tel Aviv as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions eased in Israel May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen Individual tourists, who have not been allowed to visit Israel since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic there in March 2020 unless they are visiting family members, will still not be allowed to enter outsi...

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Spanish village hosts first bull running fiesta since pandemic

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September 5, 2021410 Views

Ten bulls charged through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra on Sunday in pursuit of hundreds of runners as the first bull running fiesta was held in Spain since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A reveller wearing a protective mask calls a steer during the first running-of-the-bull festival since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began in Villaseca de la Sagra, central Spain, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez Villages and towns across Spain hold the fiestas but they were prohibited last year as the country brought in tough health restrictions. Opposition to them has increased in recent years as Spanish society remains divided over the controversial issue of using bulls for sport. No-one was injured during the country's first run, in this village of 1,700 inha...

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Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation

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September 5, 2021798 Views

Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect 80% of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action was needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth's largest rainforest beyond a point of no return. Amazonian delegates launched their campaign at a nine-day conference in Marseille, where several thousand officials, scientists and campaigners are laying the groundwork for United Nations talks on biodiversity in the Chinese city of Kunming next year. FILE PHOTO: Carlos Roberto Sanquetta, a forestry engineering professor at the Federal University of Parana, botanist Edilson Consuelo de Oliveira and Rioterra plant nursery worker Juciney Pinheiro dos Santos inspect a parcel of Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil, November 4, 2020....