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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 birthday with a hastily but deftly assembled collection of Modern masterpieces from Gauguin to Giaco...

The Martha's 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 Vase," pen and watercolor on gray paper. — Marianne Neill "Cosmos and Russian Sage," pen and wat...

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 compliance with the EU Directive on Port State Control (2009/16/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard ...

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 was going to plead guilty so his family could begin to move on from the tragedy. The plea deal allow...