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This expressionist painting from 1923 captures the excited crowd attending The Liffey Swim – an annual swimming event that continues in Dublin to this very day. First run in 1920, the Liffey Swim is the oldest annual swimming race in Europe. Over 500 swimmers of all ages, abilities and nationalities compete to win the Cup! The scene shows ordinary spectators
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Can you name all the sports activities represented by the artist ?
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There are more than 10 Rosa Parks memorials in the United States. The statue, by artist Jay Warren, depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, with the inscription, “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.” The statue is a reminder for all of the children and grandchildren who continue to benefit from the
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Imagine that you are six years old and it’s your first day in a new school. You are wearing a special outfit. (…) Official-looking men in suits are there to escort you to the building. A wild, screaming crowd is gathered outside. Could it be a parade? Your teacher greets you warmly, but where are your classmates? Why are you
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Located in the oldest public park in the US, The Embrace is a 20-foot-tall monument in Boston by artist Hank Willis Thomas, two sets of bronze arms forever locked in a hug, representing Coretta Scott King and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., captured during an intimate moment in 1964 when Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Born in 1887, Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist who painted nature in a way that showed how it made her feel. Georgia knew from the age of 12 that she wanted to be an artist. Watch some children explore Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings.
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This painting is called ‘Ken Done’s Aboriginal Sydney in Autumn’. Konstantina (Kate Constantine) is a proud Gadigal woman of the Eora nation and a neo-contemporary Indigenous artist. She is re-imagining the traditions of her peoples’ dot painters and providing a modern narrative for all Australians to better understand First Nations People as part of the fabric of Australia.
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Autumn has been an inspiration for artists throughout history. Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais, an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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