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Milan’s Anne Frank mural defaced by pro-Palestinian slogans

Italians were angered after two street murals in Milan, portraying Anne Frank and the ‘Warsaw Ghetto boy,’ were defaced within a day of their creation by the addition of pro-Palestinian slogans painted over them. Read more: Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini echoed the public sentiment …

On Politics: Is ‘Healthy Homes’ funded?; S&WB drainage fee revisited; graffiti gains

Housing advocates and City Council members were surprised when they opened up Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s proposed 2024 budget to find a line item they’d worked long and hard for missing. Staffing to enforce new tenant protections and landlord accountability measures approved by the City Council a year …

Hanan Al-Saif was appointed as a consultant at Hail Region Development Authority in August this year with the responsibility of enhancing culture development, customer experience and capability-building strategies. Al-Saif is an executive Ph.D. candidate at Bayes Business School — City, University of London. There, she …

The Crown jewels are going on sale. Left Bank Pictures will auction off nearly 450 props and costumes from the lavish Netflix series and use the profits to fund a National Film and Television School (NFTS) scholarship for the next 20 years. Auction house Bonhams …

The week in art news – entire Documenta committee resigns

The committee to select the next director of Documenta has resigned en masse, throwing the event into crisis. On Thursday (16 Nov), the remaining four members, Simon Njami, Gong Yan, Kathrin Rhomberg and María Inés Rodríguez, issued a joint statement: ‘In the current circumstances we …

RIYADH: A building that stood abandoned in Riyadh’s Al-Mughrizat District for 15 years was transformed on Nov. 15 as crowds attended its rebirth. The annual RSH Street Art Festival, which is organized by the Saudi Ministry of Culture’s Visual Arts Commission and runs until Dec. …

State data: Iowa sees another drop in share of prisoners who re-offend

Iowa Department of Corrections Director Beth Skinner talks to reporters Aug, 26, 2022, during recording of “Iowa Press” at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. (Screenshot from Iowa PBS) DES MOINES — Iowa’s prison recidivism rate — the percentage of inmates who re-offend and are returned …

A Hong Kong transport hub was taken over Sunday by googly eyed aliens, extraterrestrial jellyfish and a cast of eccentric characters — all part of a live performance by British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr Doodle. The 29-year-old calls his style “graffiti spaghetti” …