A visitor looks at a painting entitled "The Night Bivouac of the Great Army", from the "1812" series on Napoleon's Russian campaign by Vasily Vereshchagin, displayed in the State Historical Museum, Moscow, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The exhibition "The Year 1812 in the paintings by Vasily Vereshchagin" opened Wednesday in Moscow. Of the nearly half a million soldiers, from France as well as all of the vassal states of Europe, who invaded Russia in June 1812, barely 10,000 survived the end of the campaign in December 1812. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.

MOSCOW.- The State Historical Museum opened the exhibition "The Year 1812 in the paintings by Vasily Vereshchagin", a gift given to the museum in 1812 by Emperor Nicholas II. Prior to the celebraton of the 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812 the State Historical Museum has organized this exhibition of paintings made by the famous Russian painter of battle scenes, Vasily Vereshchagin.

يتشرف جاليري المحطة ومؤسسة عبد المحسن القطان
بدعوتكم لحضور معرض
حيفا - رام الله
للفنان محمد فضل
حيث يقدم الفنان مجموعة كبيرة من أعماله الجديدة، راصداً ريع هذا المعرض لدعم فعاليات جاليري المحطة للعام 2010. ولهذا الهدف، وتشجيعاً لثقافة اقتناء الأعمال الفنية الأصلية، ستكون أعمال المعرض متاحة للبيع بأسعار مناسبة.
الأربعاء 10 آذار 2010, الساعة 5:30 مساءً
جاليري المحطة، عين مصباح، قرب مبنى الإدارة الإقليمية لبنك فلسطين المحدود
يستمر المعرض حتى 10 نيسان 2010
ساعات العرض: من الساعة 12 ظهراً حتى الساعة الثامنة مساءً
The Al Mahatta Gallery and the A.M. Qattan Foundation
Cordially invite you to the opening of
Haifa – Ramallah
An exhibition by the Palestinian artist
Mohamad Fadel
The exhibition will present a wide collection of Fadel’s new paintings.
Revenue will be designated to the benefit of the Al Mahatta Gallery
Wednesday, 10th March 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
Exhibition Dates : March 10th until April 10th
Exhibition Opening Hours: 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Al Mahatta Gallery, Ein Misbah St., next to Bank of Palestine
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Global demonstrations mark Tibetan uprising day
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March 10, 2010

Thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in dozens of countries took to the streets today, March 10th, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and to show solidarity with a new nonviolent resistance movement gaining momentum in Tibet.

The video posted below showcases the Toronto march.

Today also marks two years since monks began protest marches in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, that sparked the largest uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet since 1959. Chinese security forces are now a permanent presence in Tibetan towns and villages and a new "Strike Hard" campaign was launched in Lhasa in advance of this sensitive anniversary with hundreds of Tibetans being interrogated and harassed in recent days.

Tibetans and Tibet supporters in at least 100 cities worldwide, including in the USA, Belgium, Poland, UK, France, Germany, India, Australia, Norway and Taiwan
are marking the historic day fifty-one years ago - when Tibetans rose against Chinese rule - with protests, marches, candle light vigils, and government lobbying initiatives. In response to a new "I am Tibetan" campaign originating from Tibet, Tibetans in exile will also be recording messages of support dedicated to Tibetans living inside Tibet as part of their Tibetan National Uprising Day activities (1).

"In spite of China's repression, there is a powerful new movement being led by the young generation inside Tibet. They are using creative, non-violent tactics to empower themselves and their communities and to challenge Chinese rule," said Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet.
"March 10th is a day for Tibetans everywhere to be proud of being Tibetan - proud of our ancestors who died protecting our homeland, proud of our brothers and sisters inside Tibet who continue to resist Chinese oppression, and proud of the new generation of Tibetans who are raising the flag of
Tibetan freedom around the world."

China has heightened security in Tibet in advance of today's anniversary with journalists and most foreigners effectively barred from the region.
Tibet advocates have also noted increased efforts by the Chinese government to silence international support for Tibet in recent days. Tibetan refugees have been preemptively arrested in Nepal, and in the United States, Chinese officials have attempted without success to pressure municipal governments to revoke annual proclamations of support for Tibet.

"As the Chinese government continues its brutal repression inside Tibet, we call on leaders of free countries to take new, bold and coordinated approaches to help secure a just and fair resolution for the Tibetan people," said Kate Woznow, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet."

(1) Examples of the "I am Tibetan" movement include a homemade video from eastern Tibet posted to YouTube in late December, 2009 titled "I am Tibetan" as well as poems and a hip hop music video posted online by Tibetans that have been translated here:
http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/03/new-generation-hip-hop-music-v...
and here:
http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/02/i-am-tibetan-by-woeser.html

Working in situ, Azam executed a series of monumental canvases on an ice desert, an ice lake, an ice cave and a glacier.

LONDON.- Artist endures extreme weather conditions in sub-zero temperatures to produce a series of large-scale outdoor paintings inspired by the Antarctic continent.

Painter and sculptor Nasser Azam has today returned to the UK having endured temperatures of -30˚C (wind chill of -45˚C) and battled winds as high as 100kph, whilst completing a series of large-scale paintings in the Antarctic tundra.

Over the course of a nine days on the continent (20–28 February), Azam produced a total of 13 paintings in response to a variety of frozen landscapes. The works were painted outdoors using specially designed brushes, canvas and non-freezing paints.

Left to right: "Incubus", 1959. Polyester resin mix with black enamel on plywood. 77 ½"tall x 57" wide Harpy, 1962. Polyester resin impregnated tuxedoes and steel. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen. Courtesy: The Box.

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Robert Mallary (1917-1997) was an artist interested in new materials and cutting edge technologies that would enable him to be on the forefront of art making. Freely blending figurative and abstract imagery in imposing, gritty assemblages Mallary created a unique body of work that is complex in material and form. The Box brings the work of Robert Mallary to Los Angeles for the first time since 1954.