5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (318+ words) LONDON: A British artist on Thursday urged the public to contribute selfies so she can create a new "national portrait" with the help of AI for London's National Portrait Gallery. "There are 55 million adults in the United Kingdom. What if…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago  (202+ words) May 14 (Reuters) - Austrian "artist Valie Export, whose pioneering work and "performance art made her a leading light of "the avant-garde feminist scene in postwar Europe, has died in Vienna at the age of 85, her foundation said "on Thursday. Born Waltraud…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (420+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Behind the quiet figure of a portrait artist, few would guess that the pencil in his hand once helped the police track down criminals and solve crimes. For Baim Zakaria, 60, a full-time professional portrait artist, every sketch of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (129+ words) The Star A winner in medals TO many, medals and awards are treasured keepsakes from childhood that often stir up pride in past achievements, or evoke memories of milestone moments. For Emily Chin, who grew up in an awards-manufacturing family…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (464+ words) A mirror room dappled with colored dots. Contorted, bright sculptures of flowers on a rooftop at the foot of Cologne's famed cathedral. A vast showroom with giant octopus-like tentacles that offer up a mesmerising meander through space and obstacles. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (146+ words) WAN IFRA ASIA MEDIA AWARDS 2025 " Silver Winner, Best Cover Design THE world's first permanent northern lights observatory occupies a small stone building atop Mount Halde in Norway. Built in 1899 by Kristian Birkeland, a physicist and Arctic explorer, the observatory was…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (503+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Xindi delivered a near-flawless jump to win the men's freestyle skiing aerials gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Friday, completing an unusual double for his family just two days after his…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (233+ words) PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U. S. Nordic combined "athlete Ben Loomis encountered an unexpected obstacle in Thursday's "Olympic team sprint when he was struck by a leaf blower as he launched from the start bar in the ski jump after an "official…...

3+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (661+ words) CORTINA D'AMPEZZO/LIVIGNO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - "Drones have given television viewers worldwide an immersive and almost visceral sensation of the action at the Milano Cortina Olympics - enabling them to sense the athletes' speed, skill and "movement close up, and taking the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (697+ words) DENPASAR (Jakarta Post/ANN): Bali has launched a major beach clean up initiative in response to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's recent criticism of the island's growing waste problem. On Feb 3, hundreds of personnel from the Bali Police and the local…...