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Portrait of Lady Cassatt, also called “Autumn”, painted by her sister Mary Cassatt in 1880

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🎨 Sur les cimaises du #PetitPalais, vous pouvez observer ce beau portrait de Lady Cassatt, aussi appelé « L'automne », peint par sa sœur Mary Cassatt en 1880. Ce tableau a été présenté à la sixième exposition impressionniste en 1881. pic.twitter.com/hNPMrHeJ4G— Petit Palais (@PetitPalais_) November 28, 2022 … [Read more...] about Portrait of Lady Cassatt, also called “Autumn”, painted by her sister Mary Cassatt in 1880

View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882), Vincent van Gogh

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‘How much good it does a person if one is in a gloomy mood to walk on the empty beach and look into the grey-green sea with the long white lines of the waves’, wrote Vincent to his brother Theo in 1882. 🌻 Vincent van Gogh, View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882) pic.twitter.com/MEIbHsYdZy— Van Gogh Museum (@vangoghmuseum) November 21, 2022 … [Read more...] about View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882), Vincent van Gogh

AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Spain

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AWS Europe (Spain) Region allows customers to run workloads and store data securely in Spain while serving end users with even lower latency The new AWS Region is estimated to support more than 1,300 full-time jobs annually through a planned investment of more than $2.5 billion (approx. 2.5 billion euros) in Spain over 10 years AWS is launching a $150,000 (approx. 150,000 … [Read more...] about AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Spain

Climate activists targeting Edvard Munchs iconic The Scream at the National Museum in Oslo

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PRESS RELEASE - 11 NOVEMBER 2022 On Friday morning, climate activists attempted to glue themselves to the frame of The Scream(1893) in the Munch room, at the National Museum in Oslo. The activists were immediately taken care of by the museum guards. The police were informed, and the activists were apprehended. Edvard Munch’s world-famous painting The Scream was not … [Read more...] about Climate activists targeting Edvard Munchs iconic The Scream at the National Museum in Oslo

AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Switzerland

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AWS Europe (Zurich) Region allows customers to run workloads and securely store data in Switzerland while serving end users with even lower latency The new AWS Region is estimated to support more than 2,500 full-time jobs annually through a planned investment of more than $5.9 billion (approx. 5.9 billion Swiss francs) in Switzerland through 2036 Tens of thousands of … [Read more...] about AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Switzerland

A Trail of Marvels Offers Visually Stunning Look at Day of the Dead Celebrations

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Houston, TX, November 8, 2022 — Just in time for holiday gifting, Rice Professor of Photography Geoff Winningham has published his book, A Trail of Marvels/Sendero de Maravillas, A Memoir of Mexico and Days of the Dead. Winningham spent four decades documenting Day of the Dead festivals across Mexico, from Pátzcuaro, to Puebla, Michoacán, to Oaxaca. In the book, Winningham … [Read more...] about A Trail of Marvels Offers Visually Stunning Look at Day of the Dead Celebrations

Play about plague death of William Shakespeare’s son

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William Shakespeare had three children – Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith. Tragically, Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died at the age of 11 due to the plague. The plague, also known as the Black Death, was a highly contagious and deadly disease that spread throughout Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is believed to have been caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, and … [Read more...] about Play about plague death of William Shakespeare’s son