Kerma, also known as Karmah, is archaeological with immense historic importance. It is the former capital of the ancient kingdom of Kerma which is situated in the Dongola Reach (above the 3
rd Cataract of the River Nile in Sudan). All these stories are more than 5500 years old. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in the ancient region of Nubia (ancient region in northeastern Africa: extending from the Nile river valley eastward to the shores of the Red Sea, southward to Khartoum or present Sudan and finally westward to the Libyan desert).
Photo: Kerma ancient city, Sudan. Author: Lassi
April 26 2021
Other items include New Avenues for Youth mural, The Laurelhurst Club, Ansel Adams exhibit and Lois Greenfield.
Adams photos on display
The Portland Art Museum has reopened and will present the exhibit, Ansel Adams in Our Time, to members starting Wednesday, April 28, and to the general public May 5.
The exhibit includes the famed photographer s work as well as others to put Adams photos in context.
The show contains 80 images by artists working both before and after Adams.
It was curated by Karen Haas of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She drew from her museum s Lane Collection of more than 6,000 American modernist photographs, works on paper and paintings, including 450 Adams photos collected by Saundra and William Lane.
Dover Lifetime Learning offers course on Impressionism
COURTESY OF DOVER LIFETIME LEARNING
The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring the following three-part Lifetime Learning series:
Painters of Modern Life: Transatlantic Impressionism
Thursdays, 1:30-3 p.m., May 13, 20 and 27. Cost is $30.
Classes conducted on Zoom: Instructions on how to join these meetings will be e-mailed to participants.
Course Description:
Throughout the history of art, artists have painted modern life. So, why, when we use the term “painters of modern life” do we usually think of the Impressionism movement? This three-session course aims to examine that question, working from the presumption that when the 19th-century Impressionists focused on modern life they did so as part of a concerted effort to not only reject traditional subject matter but also traditional artistic goals, techniques, and approaches to the marketplace. We will lay the
Exploring two landmark exhibitions.
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
Last year the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge staged the brilliant
Feast & Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800), a multi-sensory exhibition showcasing multiple treasures and four spectacular historical reconstructions with food at their centre, including a Jacobean sugar banquet, a European feasting table and a Georgian confectioner’s workshop.
This year the Louvre-Lens is presenting
The Tables of Power: A History of Prestigious Meals, spanning 5,000 years of the culinary arts. Archaeological objects, paintings, sculptures, tableware, metalwork and fabulous objets d’art recount the history of the meal and rich exchanges between civilisations.
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