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Theaster Gates (born August 28, 1973) is an American social practice installation artist and a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. [1] He was born in Chicago , Illinois , where he still lives and works.
Glass mosaics of sea turtles on a subway platform. Since the 1990s, a variety of modern glass tile technologies, including methods to take used glass and recreate it as ' green ' tiles, has resulted in a resurgence of interest in glass tile as a floor and wall cladding. It is now most commonly used in pools, kitchens, spas, and bathrooms.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Ishtar gate. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon (in the area of present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq ). It was constructed c. 569 BC[ 1] by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city.
Many New York City Subway stations are decorated with colorful ceramic plaques and tile mosaics. Of these, many take the form of signs, identifying the station's location. Much of this ceramic work was in place when the subway system originally opened on October 27, 1904. Newer work continues to be installed each year, much of it cheerful and ...
Bar gate. Animation of level crossing booms lowering in Queensland, Australia. A bar gate in the Netherlands. A bar, post, pole, beam, or boom gate, [ 1] also known as a boom or a boom barrier, [citation needed] is a beam or bar on a pivot used as a gate. The boom is lowered to block vehicular or pedestrian access through a controlled point or ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s relationship with Donald Trump is back in the spotlight — at a moment of upheaval in the presidential race and after a video of a phone call between the two was posted ...
June 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM. Céline Dion is among a small group of celebrities who publicly discussed their struggle with infertility in the early 2000s. Along with women like Brooke Shields and ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington , it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4 ]