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☆ One for the Ages: Sonia Delaunay’s Wearable Abstractions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Walker Mimms | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

If Wassily Kandinsky bent the visible world to the whims of his canvas, reducing concert hall scenes to puddles of color and line, Sonia Delaunay seems to have worked the other way around. A fashion and textile designer by trade, the Ukrainian-born Delaunay (1885-1979) filled the world with bold and delightful patterns — with the chevrons and dot grids and floral wiggles of the many scarves and dresses she created in France — then let her paintings reflect the results. Or at least that’s the impression given by the Bard Graduate Center’s “Sonia Delaunay: Living Art,” a playful but rigorous unearthing of 184 garments, artifacts and paintings — most on loan from France — spanning 60 years of Delaunay’s career.

Persons: Wassily Kandinsky, Sonia Delaunay, Delaunay, France —, Center’s “ Sonia Delaunay Organizations: Bard, France Locations: Ukrainian, France

☆ Kenya Pledges Security Boost as It Commemorates 2013 Mall Massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Duncan MiririNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya pledged on Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants as it commemorated a deadly mall attack which security analysts say led to improvements in the country's readiness to counter threats. Kenyan security forces were widely criticised by the public and local media at the time for their chaotic, uncoordinated response to the attack. After the siege, Kenya worked to improve its security agencies' coordination and readiness to respond to emergencies. Kenyan security forces were praised for ending that siege in less than a day. The government has also been deploying the military and other security forces to fight cattle rustlers and armed bandits in several counties in East Africa's Rift Valley.

Persons: Duncan Miriri, Raymond Omollo, Richard Maige, al, Nicolas Delaunay, Estelle Shirbon, Emelia Organizations: Somali, East, Southern Africa, Crisis Locations: Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Kenya, Somalia's al Shabaab, Westgate, Nairobi, Somalia, al Shabaab, Kenyan, Southern, Lamu, East

☆ Principala favorită la câştigarea Campionatului European de fotbal - EURO 2020, potrivit cercetătorilor în matematică
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Selecţionata Franţei, campioana mondială en titre, este principala favorită la câştigarea Campionatului European de fotbal - EURO 2020, conform unui calcul al cercetătorilor din cadrul mai multor universităţi europene, informează cotidianul belgian Le Soir, citat de agerpres.ro. Cercetători în matematică de la universităţile din Gent (Belgia), Innsbruck (Austria), Molde (Norvegia), Dortmund şi Munchen (Germania) au calculat şansele la victorie ale selecţionatelor care vor lua parte la turneul final între 11 iunie şi 11 iulie. Conform rezultatelor analizelor lor, Franţa are cere mai multe şanse (14,8%) să ridice trofeul Henri-Delaunay în data de 11 iulie, pe stadionul Wembley din Londra, cu ocazia finalei EURO 2020. Pe baza acestor date diverse, un calculator a efectuat apoi 100.000 de simulări ale derulării meciurilor de la EURO 2020. "Aceste prognoze pot fi eronate", a avertizat însă Achim Zeileis, de la Universitatea din Innsbruck.

Persons: Le, Henri, Delaunay, Achim Zeileis Organizations: Wembley, EURO, Universitatea din Locations: Franţei, titre, Gent, Belgia, Innsbruck, Austria, Molde, Norvegia, Dortmund, Munchen, Germania, Franţa, Londra, Anglia, Spania, Portugalia, Italia, Olanda, Danemarca, Universitatea din Innsbruck

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