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The story of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) has been irresistible to journalists for four decades, laden as it is with period glamour, political intrigue and eye-catching art. To briefly recap: in the mid-1970s, the third wife of the Shah of Iran, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi, was patron of a crash museum-building programme. Surging oil prices had made Iran’s ruling classes rich, and Western economies, and therefore the art market, weak. In October 1977, TMoCA opened for Pahlavi’s ...

The Marthas Vineyard Times Flowers flourish at Featherstone (and beyond) "Flowers and an Open Window," collage. — Genevieve Jacobs Top: "Tulips," oil on pastel by Elizabeth Lockhart Taft. Bottom: "Red Flowers in Three Glass Jars," oil by Katy Upson. — Courtesy Featherstone "Alboria," acrylic on canvas. — Washington Ledesma "Sunflowers," pen and watercolor on gray paper. — Marianne Neill "Cosmos in Glass," pen and watercolor on gray paper. — Marianne Neill "Rhododendrons in...

Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during January 2021 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that six foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during January 2021 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection. From: During January, there were zero new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, and in complian...

Malagi has been residing on the ground floor of the building for the past four years and never had any issues of theft before.

Grandfather of toddler who fell out of cruise ship window sentenced to 3 years probation Read full article February 8, 2021, 11:48 AM·2 min read Salvatore “Sam” Anello, of Valparaiso, Indiana, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide last year after his granddaughter, Chloe Wiegand, fell through an 11-story window from the ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in July 2019. Image: Chloe Wiegand. (Courtesy Wiegand Family) Anello had initially pleaded not guilty, but last February said that he w...

Revealing Love in a ‘New’ Vermeer Painting Restoring the ‘Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window,’ by Johannes Vermeer Standing by an open window, a young lady is engrossed in reading a letter. On a table in the foreground, a bowl of fruit seems to have been toppled, spilling some of its contents onto a colorful and richly woven “rug.” Perhaps, the lady toppled the bowl in her haste to read the letter she grips so tightly.  Or, as likely, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, who creat...

Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during December 2020 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that six foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during December 2020 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection. From: During December, there were four new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, and in compl...

10 exercise tips that will make fitness a little bit easier this year Save Follow Here we look at the small hacks you can make to incorporate more – and better – exercise into your lifestyle in 2021. All the tips and tricks suggested in the series are inspired by Telegraph 365, our daily health newsletter that offers small ideas that can make a big change to your life. Click here to sign up. 1. Squat to it Squatting is one of the most fundamental movements humans can do – slig...

The biggest exhibitions of 2021 While last year was a disaster for exhibition programming around the world, museums and curators have not been idle and there are plenty of ambitious exhibitions due to open this year (virus-related lockdowns notwithstanding). Below you will find some of the must-see shows of 2021, from the Rijksmuseum’s examination of the slave trade and a reassessment of the Roman arch-villain Nero, to landmark retrospectives for Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Sophie...

Share (Image: Supplied) It’s December and time to celebrate with gifts, love and family, however you unite to share your joy this season.  But what can you give the whole family that’s delicious yet won’t stretch your waistband , educational without giving anyone the back-to-school jitters, that’ll take you all over the world without even the slightest risk, and can bring you Capital D-drama that you can all talk about for months, without being mean ...