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 " Art, Culture, Design "
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Art in Germany: Gregor Schneider’s dying-room
All the artists we select for our ‘Art in…’ weekly Rendezvous are creative in their own way. German artist Gregor Schneider works with constructed rooms, and one of his project raised controversy in 2008: the public dying-room. His work can’t be... |

| By Sama Team, May 7, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in Mali: Art as Real as Life Itself
Today, our ‘Art in…’ post is not about a particular artist. Two weeks ago, a reader (hello Babouyou!) sent us a link to an article on the New York Times about art in Mali. We read it and it... |

| By Sama Team, April 30, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Sgraffiti, graffiti and now moss graffiti
We have to say we are no graffiti experts and we didn’t know what was a sgraffiti before we read Max Dana’s post about it. So when Max posted about moss graffiti, we were curious to know more about... |

| By Sama Team, April 26, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in The Netherlands: Ingrid Siliakus
In 2010 we were amazed by the colorful world of paper sculptures by Jen Stark and last year, Danish artist Peter Callesen impressed us as well. The artist we just discovered comes from The Netherlands, her name is Ingrid... |

| By Sama Team, April 23, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Shanghai’s first underground luxury hotel
If you thought constructing the world’s tallest tower was every architects dream, you were wrong. In China, they’re building a groundscraper, almost completely below the surface. From the article on Architizer: The latest in this trend, the Intercontinental Shimao... |

| By Sama Team, April 19, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in Sudan: Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed
Last month we read an interesting article on VoANews website about Sudanese artist Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed. We already mentioned several Sudanese artists like Ahmed Abushariaa, El Tayib Daw El Bait, Hamid Ayoub and the late Rashid Mahdi you can read more... |

| By Sama Team, April 16, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in India: Jayshree Jaykumar and JJ Studios
Jayshree Jaykumar is an Indian artist and entrepreneur. She was born in 1978 in India and is a self-taught artist who works on oil, water color and acrylic. According to Wikipedia, she worked on the re-productions of Pierre-Auguste Renoir,... |

| By Sama Team, April 9, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in France: Photographer Claude Iverné
Back in November last year, we posted an article dedicated to Sudanese photographer Rashid Mahdi, one of Africa’s most celebrated portrait photographers. We also mentioned the exhibition that took place in Paris: “Photographies soudanaises” (Sudanese photographs) at the gallery Clémentine... |

| By Sama Team, February 6, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Jon Burgerman’s ‘Fast food’ show in Paris
‘Fast food’ is Jon Burgerman‘s new exhibition at Sergeant Paper artstore in Paris. The show runs from January 28th until February 25th and we will be at the opening on Saturday for the signing session (3pm). Jon Burgerman is one of our favorite... |

| By Sama Team, January 26, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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Art in Ivory Coast: Abdoulaye Diarrassouba
Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, who goes by the name Aboudia, was born in 1983 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where the artist still lives and works. If you take a quick look at the pictures, you will immediately notice that Aboudia’s work is influenced... |

| By Sama Team, January 23, 2012 | In: Art, Culture, Design Comments off |

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