A self-portrait by artist Frida Kahlo has been sold for the equivalent of approximately 522 million Swedish kronor.
The price tag is the highest ever paid for a painting by a female artist.
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A self-portrait by artist Frida Kahlo has been sold for the equivalent of approximately 522 million Swedish kronor.
The price tag is the highest ever paid for a painting by a female artist.
The purchase of TikTok in the United States by a wealthy individual or individuals could be the most significant example yet of how the country's super-rich are buying media channels for ideological reasons.
11.11.2025 21:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Russian has become the language of war criminals and murderers. Only total defeat can revive the nation. The language becomes complicit through its speakers.
26.09.2025 07:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Russian version of the #Eurovision Song Contest – Intervision – is taking place in Moscow on Saturday evening, with competitors from China, India, Saudi Arabia and the United States, as well as others, taking part.
20.09.2025 18:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On the surface, he was a mother-in-law's dream, but in reality he was an ambitious, socially conscious actor and activist. He was a passionate individual who fought against the trend of Hollywood's simplification. Thank you for your work, Robert!
18.09.2025 07:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Several opera houses have refused to work with star soprano Anna Netrebko. However, on Thursday she performed the title role in Puccini's Tosca at the Royal Opera House in London. It is unfortunate that the UK continues to support Putin's admirers.
13.09.2025 07:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Rashism is proposed as a new type of totalitarian regime formed under Putin, based on Russian chauvinism and imperialism, as well as the practices of the USSR's communist regime and National Socialism. Should it be banned here, too?
30.08.2025 07:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0These successes can be understood in grand terms – soft power, nation branding and diplomatic flanking manoeuvres. However, there is surely also a simpler explanation. People in the West are bored.
30.08.2025 06:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Alla vill äta vid regeringens bord, men ingen vill diska.
29.08.2025 08:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The body of a mummified infant is discovered in the attic of 87-year-old Martha, who immediately admits to the murder and is arrested. The investigation reveals dark truths. Hidden traumas and unhealthy secrets have been passed down through the generations. #Generations #SVTPlay
29.08.2025 08:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“The old world is dying and the new world is struggling to be born. This is the era of monsters.” – Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937)
26.08.2025 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Une action constructive sera-t-elle enfin entreprise pour mettre fin à cette guerre cruelle en Ukraine ?
16.08.2025 08:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The only unanswered question after Alaska is whether Trump even acknowledges that he has failed.
16.08.2025 07:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reportrar utan gränser anser att EU tagit ett viktigt steg i rätt riktning, men att det saknas kunskap om de nya bestämmelserna, både i media och bland politiker. RSF kommer med mer långtgående förslag för public services framtida finansiering baserat på en särskild skatt från digitala plattformar.
27.07.2025 10:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Reportieri bez robežām" ziņo par sabiedrisko mediju problēmām Eiropā. Redakcijas tiek pakļautas politiskam spiedienam, apšaubīts finansējums. “Vai medijiem jākalpo sabiedrībai vai partijām? Uzbrukumi sabmedijiem saistīti ar politisko kontroli, nevis efektivitāti,” (Tibo Brūtēns)
27.07.2025 10:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0David Letterman, a retired television legend, has called the decision to axe 'The Late Show' with his successor Stephen Colbert 'pure cowardice'. CBS and its parent company Paramount have described the cancellation as a 'financial decision'. However, Letterman has rejected this explanation.
27.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ir pretīgi, ka māksliniece, kuru cienu, tomēr izrādās atkarīga no krievu naudas un turpina Jaunā Viļņa Maskavas tingeltangeli. Ļoti žēl, ka nespēja ieiet Eiropas apritē. Palika populāra tikai Krievijā. Cik ļoti žēl, ka tā. x.com/Jakobson_L/s...
27.07.2025 10:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The construction of wind farms in Latvian waters is something I am really not in favour of.
01.07.2025 16:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Constellation with Five White Forms and Two Black, Variation III by Jean Arp, 1932 #artbots #guggenheim
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Kakor som är konst!
29.05.2025 08:06 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Pārsteidz politiķu nespēja saskatīt cik smagi "nolaists" ir Latvijas Radio Unas Klapkalnes vadībā. Viņas darbs nav publiski vērtēts no mediju analītikas viedokļa. Lai gan ar to vajadzēja sākt, pirms virzīt tālāk.
19.06.2025 12:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Jā, brīnos kāpēc Latvijas medijos tā dara. Vai šī "tradīcija" nenāk no Krievijas?
19.06.2025 12:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dīvaini, ka Latvijas medijos turpina piesaukt auto ražotāju brīdī kad kāds slikts šoferis avarē: "Smaga avārija Rīgā - "Volvo" ar diviem maziem bērniem lielā ātrumā ietriecas citā auto". It kā Volvo ražotājs būtu vainīgs pie tā, ka Rīgā kāds nemāk braukt.
19.06.2025 09:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0TV berättelse om Sverige och kriget. Blev obehagligt överraskad av hur de lettiska legionärerna förklarades. Varför sattes de lettiska legionärerna ihop med de tyska soldaterna och tolkades på samma sätt? Letterna var ju trots allt tvångsrekryterade av den tyska ockupationsmakten.
09.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Jo mazāk būtu latviešiem partiju, jo sīkāks un niecīgāks Rīgā izskatītos sleseris ar savu kremīnu baru. Diemžēl turpinās kašķis. sīkpartiju piruetes, utu meklēšana svešos kažokos un nespēja atrast kopsaucējus un kompromisus. Žēl, ka esam nesaticīgi un māņticīgi
08.06.2025 08:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Roslikova propagandas akcija bija paredzēta latviešu pūļa sašutuma izraisīšanai. Slikti, ka pavelkamies līdzi. To Kremlim arī vajag. Tāda ir teroristu akciju jēga: traumēt, iešūpot un panākt ienaidnieka kolektīvu raudāšanu. "Ar ledu māgā" un asprātīgu ironiju var panākt vairāk.
06.06.2025 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Vai nav pienācis laiks sakārtot Latvijas priekšvēlēšanu reklāmu noteikumus un izbeigt atļaut izmantot šādus gigantiskus "huseīnus", "asadus" vai "putinus" priekšvēlēšanu kampaņās? Civilizētās valstīs šādi ziloņi reklāmās nav atļauti. Visām partijām - vienāda izmēra bildes
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