Sharp angles, alienating perspectives, oppressive frames. The painter Max Beckmann employs a variety of techniques to manipulate the space in his paintings. The painted picture plane is his domain; through painting, Beckmann gains a grip on reality, which...
The National Maritime Museum presents a major exhibition on father and son Willem van de Velde, two leading marine painters of the seventeenth century, each with their own specialty: pen painting and oil painting. On view until May 8, 2022. A must-see...
The weather is becoming increasingly sunny, and many people are seeking out outdoor sports now that gyms are closed. In the month of April, we have a multitude of sports: Formula 1, tennis, cycling (spring classics), gymnastics, curling, and chess. Do you have these themes...
The 2021 sports calendar is packed due to the sporting events that did not take place in 2020. For athletes, this means choosing which event to participate in, but there are also plenty of choices for sports enthusiasts. All in front of the TV, or would you rather watch the sport 'live'?...
Worldwide, a total of approximately 25 million coronavirus cases have been registered. The pandemic has killed more than 810.000 people. COVID-19 has now also reached the continent of Africa via a detour. The countries were sometimes prepared for the coronavirus through a complete lockdown...
More and more countries are issuing COVID-19 tokens. Some designs are original and others predictable. Not all tokens have been confirmed by postal administrations. So watch out for 'HOAX'/fake tokens being offered via the internet. In this 15th blog: China, India, Sri Lanka,...
There is a website blog on Facebook that deals with philatelic paleoanthropology, the philately that concerns itself with the prehistoric origins of mankind and its ancestors. I am a member of it too, and the group searches...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in Los Angeles in 1984. No other cities had submitted bids to host these Games. It was the second time Los Angeles hosted the Games, after 1932.
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