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Art auctions saw a record year in 2021 with $17.1 billion (15.6 billion euros) in sales as the market continued its rapid growth in Asia and recovered from its coronavirus slump, experts Artprice said Monday.

Neak Kru Charya Burt survived the Khmer Rouge era despite the destruction of almost everything around her.

In 2013, a video clip of an 11-year-old girl without limbs – who used the small span of her left “arm” to hold a pen with her neck and practice beautiful Khmer penmanship in a classroom in Battambang province’s Samlout district – won the hearts of netizens all throughout the Kingdom. That video of her has been re-shared every year since then.

With three friends, all violinists like her, Nadia Safina fled the war in Ukraine to find peace at a music school in Denmark, a horrific ordeal that took 10 days. Now, “all we have is our talent. Not boots. Not clothes, not jewellery. Only our talent and our instruments,” the 24-year-old says, a weary look of despair in her eyes.

Digital art is nothing new to vonMash, who describes his blend of painting, video and sound as “afro-delic” – a psychedelic twist on Afrofuturism. But when the South African started thinking about selling his work as crypto-art on a blockchain, he hesitated. “I’m not fully for it because of the energy consumption that it takes,” he explained.

Haider Ali dabs a brush with an iridescent glob of paint and gets to work on a pair of sparkling white trainers – his latest canvas for a carnival of colour celebrating Pakistani culture. Pakistan’s lorries are renowned for “truck art”: candy-coloured murals depicting South Asian animals, celebrities and religious icons.

The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere – the first African to win the honor in its more than 40-year history.

With three friends, all violinists like her, Nadia Safina fled the war in Ukraine to find peace at a music school in Denmark, a horrific ordeal that took 10 days. Now, “all we have is our talent. Not boots. Not clothes, not jewellery. Only our talent and our instruments,” the 24-year-old says, a weary look of despair in her eyes.

Jane Campion’s dark Western The Power of the Dog won BAFTAs for best director and best film on Sunday, beating Denis Villeneuve to the top prize although his sci-fi epic Dune won five other awards at the star-studded London ceremony.

In 2013, a video clip of an 11-year-old girl without limbs – who used the small span of her left “arm” to hold a pen with her neck and practice beautiful Khmer penmanship in a classroom in Battambang province’s Samlout district – won the hearts of netizens all throughout the Kingdom. That video of her has been re-shared every year since then.