FEAST OR FAMINE

Georgian artists are exhibiting their works at Europe House in Tbilisi, Georgia, under the title Writing With Color II.   The 19 works from 19 artists initiated by the Center of Contemporary Art-Tbilisi is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia. The Georgian word for ‘writing with color’ is connected with semantics and the existence of meaning, representing the restrictions of artistic expression during the 70-year Soviet regime. In art, apart from social realism, no other content or concept was accepted, although some artists attempted to practice abstract art. This exhibition, Writing in Color II, represents a continuation of the project organized by the Center of Contemporary Art-Tbilisi in 2011. The aim of this project is to present Georgian artists who practice conceptual painting focused on ideas as a visible depiction of ‘recovery.’ The exhibition also introduces lesser known Georgian artists in an event side-by-side with est...

Therese (1927-1935, edition 2002) is a series of four novels in one compilation, covering the 1920s to the 1930s when Therese Desqueyroux is 30-45 years of age. The four novels are set in Argelouse, near Bordeaux, and in Paris. Mauriac wrote Therese Desqueyroux in 1927, followed by Therese and the Doctor (1928), Therese at the Hotel (1928), and The End of the Night (1935). The English version of the first book was issued in 1928. English versions of the other three books were published in 1947. Therese and the Doctor – 20 pages – and Therese at the Hotel – 19 pages – are sandwiched between the main volumes – the beginning and the end. Mauriac wrote the remaining three novels to explain what happened to Therese after an abrupt and ambiguous ending to the first book. The first book begins with Therese, 30 years of age, emerging from the courtroom where charges against her, for attempting to poison her husband, were dismissed. She is in a carriage driving home where she wi...

The first DNA from a 2,500-year-old Phoenician at an archaelogical site in North Africa reveals that he had European ancestry. A research team from the University of Otago in New Zealand and the School of Medicine at the Lebanese American University in Byblos, southern Lebanon, conducted the DNA testing (FoxNews.com, 27 May 2016). The 2,500-year-old Phoenician man, called ‘Young Man of Byrsa’ or ‘Ariche’ was unearthed from a sarcophagus at the archaelogical site in Carthage, just outside Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. Carthage was the centre of the Phoenician civilization. The mitochondrial genome analysis revealed that his mother (his maternal ancestry) was linked to locations on the North Mediterranean coast, probably on the Iberian Peninsula. The genetic group shows he belonged to a rare European haplogroup. The closest genetic matching is to a group of modern-day individuals from Portugal. Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith of the research team in New Zealand said that...