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She also inspired from different elements. like, you can see these mosaics, like from maybe byzantine or islamic art and architecture, the patterns from ottoman stained glass... with the kind of black leading in between? yes. tell me a little bit about her and thatjourney that comes, ultimately, into this. she was born in 1901 into a very aristocratic ottoman family, and she was one of the first turkish women to go to the art school. in 1928, she travelled to paris, where she studied with the cu...

And she got the influence with a variety of cultures, not only the ottoman, turkish, but also mediterranean, all these cultures. she makes all the influences of the abstraction combined with her rich heritage. but in a way, this is her unique vocabulary. i mean, you can see how she expressed her feelings, creating this very unique universe. so what happened ? because she kind of, like, drops off the map from that western—centric kind of perspective. ithink... she was a woman, and she was a mus...

It was 1981 when a 25-year-old Kwon Nyung-ho, filled with a pocketful of dreams and desires to see the celebrated works of Old Masters in person, set foot on European soil for the very first time in his life.

It does not mean that you are. it does not mean she actually is biased. i am not saying she actually is biased. but for the country to trust her judgment in this case is just too big and ask after what she has already done. >> and that ruling -- to move up one layer of conceptual abstraction here, they sort of trump versus the loss story that we followed now throughout, judges play a really unique role, right? when you look at other societies that are in the midst of democratic decline or mired ...

A new survey of abstract painting at Gagosian in London boasts over 40 artists to offer a complete look at the state of abstraction today.

Maki Na Kamura, the Berlin-based Japanese painter, touches on her interest in patterns of structures and texture, a knowing circumvention of figuration and the magic of painting

A new show at Tate Modern in London shows how two pioneers of abstract art were influenced by the natural world and spiritualism.

That is an abstraction. on the other side, a bunch of people sitting downtown taking up resources from the local government, that is not an tracks if they are filling up the home less shelters in new york city and chicago.tracks if they are filling up the home less shelters in new york city and chicago. so were dealing with a 20 year problem as if it just happened last week and that ensures maximum waste of money, it ensures no solution to the problem, and it ensures that the politicians will ha...

Level of abstraction. also potentially dont write it all down in your emails and text messages that could be subject to discovery because theyre if theyre if they reach discovery thats going to be revealed. so if they want to do it again, if they want to spread disinformation, they can do that. and if they do it again because of the financial bottom line, the fact that green makes the difference for them talk about voting machines and voting technology. and you just dont use the words. dominion ...

Crossed the border each day. it is a shared space, a place that links rather than divides. peace is not an abstraction here. it has become part of the daily weave of peoples lives. feel it would have thought this possible 25 years ago. the good friday agreement enables us to make the most of people to people connections across this island as well as between ireland and the united kingdom. its three strands of relationships reflect the depth and interwoven nature of these engagements. together, w...