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The great British artist Sir Howard Hodgkin Dies
The great British abstract painter Sir Howard Hodgkin has died aged 84 years old just a couple of weeks before a major show of his portraits opens at the National Portrait Gallery in London on 23 March. Hodgkin was recognized as a central figure in contemporary art for over half a century, and the…
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The Ottoman Lieutenant
The Ottoman Lieutenant is one of those old-fashioned melodramatic war-time epic dramas, complete with a love triangle, that despite its predictable plot, will probably prove to be quite a crowd pleaser. That is unless you a stickler for history as in this Turkish financed production, the tragic Armenian Genocide when 1.5 million people were massacred,…
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A Paradise Too Far
When Samuel (Maxime Dumontier) and Emile’s (Marine Johnson) mother is killed in a road accident in a remote rural area in Northern Quebec, the young adult siblings both with development disabilities cannot start to grasp the reality that she will never be back. Samuel works shredding paper at a print shop and lives in a Care…
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London : Henry Miller Exhibit of the Male Form
Henry Miller Fine Art is a beautifully curated collection of some exceptional work focusing on the male form and is usually based in it’s own gallery in London’s East End. Right now this stunning collection that spans many centuries and types of media, and includes paintings, drawings, prints and photography from the 17th Century…
