Tag: Faces
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Trump’s White House Ballroom Proposal Faces Preservation Concerns Ahead of Federal Vote
A federal planning commission is set to vote Thursday on President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a massive ballroom at the White House, a plan critics say would dramatically alter the scale and historic layout of the presidential residence. The National Capital Planning Commission will consider the proposal for a roughly 90,000-square-foot addition to the read more
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Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash
DePaul University in Chicago will close its campus art museum on June 30 after projecting a major budget deficit in 2026. The private university’s president, Robert L. Manuel, first announced the looming shutdown of the DePaul Art Museum (DPAM) in a letter to students and staff last week, citing ongoing reviews of the school’s “long-term read more
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Louvre Faces €10M Loss After Decades-Long Ticket Fraud Busted
A sweeping fraud scheme targeting ticket sales at the Louvre was uncovered earlier this week, leaving the scandal-plagued museum facing losses estimated at more than €10 million. The Palace of Versailles was also implicated in the scheme, which involved the sale of counterfeit tickets and the overbooking of guided tours, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed read more
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Man Accused of Shooting Two Outside Capitol Jewish Museum Now Faces Terrorism Charges
The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside theCapitol Jewish Museumlast May now faces multiple terrorism charges, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago native, was charged in a 13-count superceding indictment unsealed on Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C. The read more
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Tate Faces Trouble Securing Frida Kahlo Masterpieces for Summer Blockbuster
Curators at Tate Modern are finding that Frida Kahlo’s global popularity now comes with a practical drawback: it has become harder to borrow her paintings. The museum’s forthcoming exhibition,Frida: The Making of an Icon, opening in June, will include 36 works by the Mexican artist, fewer than the more than the 50 shown during Tate read more
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The Felted Faces of Paolo del Toro – Hi-Fructose Magazine
I was always drawing or building things, or we would make some giant scarecrows for the fruit fields. I would carve those with a chainsaw” Sometimes, del Toro’s characters develop in dreams and daydreams. “I end up staring at a wall for an hour or so and all these images and ideas pop into my read more
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